Early but not late time-restricted eating improves an actigraphy-estimated sleep quality in women with overweight and obesity: secondary analysis of the crossover ChronoFast trial (opens in new tab)

BackgroundMetabolic disorders are closely linked to sleep disturbances. Time-restricted eating (TRE) can improve metabolic disturbances, but its impact on sleep quality is insufficiently studied and recommendations regarding the eating timing in TRE are pending. Our aim was to investigate the impact of early TRE (eTRE) and late TRE (lTRE) on sleep quality in obesity.MethodsThis is a secondary analysis of the randomized crossover trial, which included 31 women with overweight and obesity. Foll...