Clinical evidence dossier
Intermittent Fasting (IF)
Weight change
Evidence signal
Evidence signal
Strong
This is an authoritative evidence signal supplied by Clinical Reference. It is not a formal clinical grade, treatment recommendation, or pooled effect estimate.
Evidence snapshot
- Authoritative support records
- 3
- Supporting studies available for review
- 3
- Randomized trials
- 3
- Reported effects
- 6
Clinical conclusion
Intermittent Fasting (IF) shows a strong positive evidence signal for improving Weight change across the studied comparisons.
Observed effects
Evidence composition
- Non-randomized studies
- 0
- Other designs
- 0
- Unresolved designs
- 0
- Magnitude-eligible effects
- 0
Consistency
Consistency classification
Consistent
- Positive
- 3
- No effect
- 0
- Mixed
- 0
- Negative
- 0
Population and applicability
Structured population data were available for 3 of 3 supporting studies. 3 studies described participants with type 2 diabetes. 2 studies described adult participants.
This population information refers to the materialized supporting studies available for review. Omitted support records remain part of the authoritative support accounting and are available through the audit experience.
View reported population descriptions
These descriptions are reported across the supporting studies; they are not a single synthesized population.
- Adults with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes.
- Individuals seeking dietary strategies for better glycaemic control.
- Individuals seeking alternative dietary strategies for diabetes management.
- Insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Individuals seeking dietary interventions for weight management.
Limitations
- Evidence uses heterogeneous comparison contexts: active_comparator, usual_care.
- 1 study contains conflicting p-value and significance fields; those significance claims are suppressed.
Supporting evidence
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