Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Weight Loss in Asian Indian Adults with Obesity.

Background: Worldwide, obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 and has become a major healthcare challenge today. Intermittent fasting (IF) is gaining popularity as a weight loss strategy in recent times. This study aimed to study the role of IF as a modern-day weight-loss strategy in obese adults through a real-world pilot experiment conducted at a nutrition clinic in Mumbai.

Remission of Type 2 Diabetes: How, When, and for Whom?

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is conventionally considered a progressive disorder, with most patients requiring increasingly intensive therapy to control hyperglycemia over time. Recently, there has been a major paradigm shift towards trying to reverse T2DM. Emerging evidence suggests that remission of T2DM is feasible in a subset of patients.