Authors
Haitham A Jahrami, Joud Alsibai, Cain CT Clark, Mo’ez Al-Islam E Faris
Publication date
2020/9
Source
European journal of nutrition
Volume
59
Issue
6
Pages
2291-2316
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Description
Purpose
Studies on the effect of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) on body weight have yielded conflicting results. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the effect size of body weight changes in healthy, non-athletic Muslims practicing Ramadan fasting, and to assess the effect of covariates such as age, sex, fasting time duration, season, and country, using subgroup analysis, and meta-regression. Covariate adjustments were performed to explain the variability of weight change in response to Ramadan fasting.
Methods
CINAHL, Cochrane, EBSCOhost, EMBASE, Google Scholar, ProQuest Medical, PubMed/MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched from date of inception in 1950 to the end of August 2019.
Results
Eighty-five studies, conducted in 25 countries during 1982–2019, were identified. RDIF yielded a significant, but small …
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HA Jahrami, J Alsibai, CCT Clark, MAIE Faris - European journal of nutrition, 2020