• The new study is not the first to test time-restricted eating, but previous studies often were smaller, of shorter duration and without control groups. | JOSHUA BRIGHT / THE NEW YORK TIMES
    The new study is not the first to test time-restricted eating, but previous studies often were smaller, of shorter duration and without control groups. | JOSHUA BRIGHT / THE NEW YORK TIMES
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The weight-loss idea is quite appealing: Limit your eating to a period of six to eight hours each day, during which you can have whatever you want.

Studies in mice seemed to support so-called time-restricted eating, a form of the popular intermittent fasting diet. Small studies of people with obesity suggested it might help shed pounds.

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