Intermittent fasting: Only eating between 7am and 3pm helps people with obesity lose weight

Eating all meals between 7am and 3pm at least five days per week can drive weight loss while lifting a person’s mood and energy levels, according to a study in people who are obese.

Intermittent fasting is an increasingly popular weight-loss tool. One example is the 16:8 diet, which involves eating within an 8-hour window and fasting for the remaining 16 hours of the day.

To test how well the 16:8 approach works, Courtney Peterson…