Could a 10-Hour eating window curb emotional eating and trim heart risks?
NCT ID NCT06145009
First seen Jun 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether limiting food and drinks (except water) to a 10-hour period each day for four weeks can improve eating behaviors, diet quality, and body composition in women aged 20-29. Participants will track their eating and complete surveys about emotional eating and eating without hunger. The goal is to see if this simple timing strategy can reduce cardiometabolic risk.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- time-restricted eating (10-hour eating window)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple dietary strategy to improve eating habits and reduce heart disease risk in young women.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, short-term study (51 participants, 4 weeks) that may not show lasting effects or apply to other groups. Results depend on self-reported eating, which can be inaccurate.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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51 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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20 to 29 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Able to speak and read English * Own a smartphone * BMI ≥ 20 kg/m2 * Usual eating window ≥ 12 hours with the last eating occasion after 8pm on the majority of days * Have at least a moderate baseline level of dietary restraint Exclusion Criteria: * Shift workers * Being pregnant, nursing, or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months * Having a past or current eating disorder diagnosis * Having a chronic medical condition (including diabetes, heart, kidney, or thyroid disease) or a condition that requires therapeutic diet or specified meal timing
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware, 19711, United States
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