4:3 intermittent fasting improves eating behaviours ⏰

The psychosocial benefits of fasting.

Tom Coughlin

Aug 05, 2025

Study Details

This new study investigated the effects of 12-months of either…

⏰ 4:3 intermittent fasting

🍽️ Daily calorie restriction

…on weight loss, eating behaviours and appetite hormones in 165 adults with overweight or obesity 🔍

Here is what they found ⬇️

Key Findings

After 12-months dieting…

🍕 Binge eating

🤤 Uncontrolled eating

…significantly decreased in the fasting group and increased in the daily calorie restriction group 📉📈

Among those in the fasting group, greater weight loss was associated with…

🍔 Decreased uncontrolled eating

😥 Decreased emotional eating

🧠 Increased cognitive restraint

Although there were no differences between groups in appetite-related hormones ❌

Conclusion

4:3 intermittent fasting appears to result in improved eating behaviours vs traditional calorie restriction in overweight or obese people 📉

Routine periods of fasting may be a useful strategy to improve weight loss outcomes, in part due to behavioural effects ✅

Reference

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40733010/

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