Adherence and Quality of Life Across Three Different Intermittent Fasting Protocols in Obese Working Women

The order in which participants get the interventions was randomized. Body compositionwere measured before and after intervention by using inBody machine and a quality of lifesurvey was conducted at the end of the intervention by using the Short Form (SF‐12)Health Survey form. Adherence to the IF protocol were monitored througout theintervention period of 4 weeks. The procedure of 3 different types of IF regiment: Timerestricted eating (TRE), Periodic Fasting 2days/week (PF5:2) and Modified Alternate DayFasting (MADF). Participants were assigned to one of these three IF groups. Participationin this study was completely voluntary.Benefit of Study: This study provided education on food selection during IFimplementation, food intake monitoring/record strategy, and established support systemthat motivated participants to continue healthy dietary intake and make it a lifestyle.Risk of study: Participation in this study was at minimal risk. However, participantswere informed that if they ever feel uncomfortable during the study, they may decide tostop at any time and notify us through support group that was developed and accessible byall participants.Confidentiality: All of the data collected were held confidential. In anything we writeor present, participants name remained anonymous. All the data collected were stored in adevice protected with password which is accessible by researchers only. Hardcopydocuments with participants details, i.e name, address and other personal informationwere kept in a dedicated drawer located at nutrition lab at Faculty of Sport and ExerciseSciences and accessible to researchers only.