Top in endocrinology: Time-restricted eating; menopausal hormone changes

In the February issue of Endocrine Today, experts discussed the health benefits of time-restricted eating.

Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD, the director of clinical research for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C., told Healio that “time-restricted eating works, but the mechanisms are still to be explored.”

However, Max Petersen, MD, PhD, a fellow in the division of endocrinology, metabolism and lipid research and the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, said that time-restricted eating alone does not meet the generally recognized clinical significance threshold of 5% weight loss. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

The second top story was about menopausal hormone changes such as ovarian steroids, adrenal hormones and insulin-like growth factor, which were found to not be associated with a loss in grip strength among aging women.

Read these and more top stories in endocrinology below:

Does time-restricted eating confer clinically significant health benefits for adults?

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Menopausal hormone changes not linked to loss of strength for aging women

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Girls with type 1 diabetes have worse outcomes compared with boys

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Incident diabetes risk higher for adults after COVID-19 infection

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