Fig. 2. Forest plots comparing the effects of intermittent energy restriction (IER) and continuous energy restriction (CER) on body weight (A, B), waist circumference (C, D), and body fat percentage (E, F) according to the type of IER (A, C, E) and measurement time points (B, D, F). SD, standard deviation; IV, inverse variance; CI, confidence interval; 5:2, periodic fasting with 5 days of non-fasting and 2 days of fasting; Tau2, between-study variance; df, degrees of freedom; I2, I-square heterogeneity statistic; ADF, alternate day fasting; TRE, time-restricted eating.
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