Eat less, exercise more
Although the study found no additional benefit from TRE, it’s still good advice to skip snacking in the evening, Dr. Ganjhu said in an interview. “No one snacks on anything healthy at night. I mean, who’s chewing on celery?” she added.
Eating late at night can trigger reflux, so “not eating anything for several hours before bed or better yet going for a walk after dinner to kickstart your metabolism is good advice,” Dr. Ganjhu said.
For obesity and fatty liver disease, it really comes down to diet and exercise, she noted.
“For all the money that is going into pharmaceuticals, the long and the short of it is you just have to eat less and work out more and manage all the other factors like diabetes, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome. But getting people to follow that is tough,” Dr. Ganjhu said.
The study was supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Project, Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Key-Area Clinical Research Program of Southern Medical University. Dr. Wei and Dr. Ganjhu report no relevant financial relationships.
A version of this article originally appeared on Medscape.com.