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Table 1 Explanation of the TRE category

From: Effects of time-restricted eating with different eating windows on human metabolic health: pooled analysis of existing cohorts

Type of TRE

Abbreviation

Definition

Eating time < 6 h

< 6

â‘ eating only between 15:00 and 18:00; â‘¡ restricted their daily eating duration by 3 h.

Eating time = 6 h

18:6

â‘  eating only between 13:00 and 19:00; â‘¡eating between 8:00 and 14:00.

Eating time = 8 h

16:8

① eating between 7:00 and 15:00; ② eating between 8:00 and 16:00; ③ eating between 10:00 and 18:00; ④ eating between 12:00 and 20:00; ⑤ eating between 11:00 and 20:00, there should be no more than 8 h of eating.

Eating time = 10 h

14:10

â‘  eat only during a window of 10 h, starting within 3 h of waking; â‘¡ eating between 10:00 and 20:00; â‘¢eating between 8:00 to 18:00.

Eating time = 12 h

= 12

eat only in a 12-hour window.

No TRE

Control group

Normal diet (non-TRE).