The purpose of this study is to learn whether combining time-restricted eating with supervised resistance exercise can improve bone health in adults with osteopenia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
24
Participants in the TRE+Ex group will be asked to fast for a target of 16 hours per day, consuming food ad libitum within an 8-hour eating window beginning between 6:30 and 9:30 AM, 6 days per week for 12 weeks. They will also complete supervised progressive resistance exercise training 3 days per week.
Participants in the HE+Ex group will be instructed to maintain their habitual eating patterns and complete supervised progressive resistance exercise training 3 days per week.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Bone mineral density
measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
Bone mineral content
measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
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