Intermittent energy restriction and risk of physician-diagnosed diabetes progression: a propensity-weighted real-world cohort study
In a real-world setting, IER was associated with a dramatically lower risk of PDDP, independent of its glucose-lowering effect. These findings position IER as a potent, scalable non-pharmacological strategy to improve patient-centered outcomes in diabetes care.
Authors
- Xiao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3071-6531)
- Wu Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-7672)
- Jiali Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5571-405X)
- Ruiyu Wu
- Huiqing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-3555)
- DONGBO LIU
- Yan Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6527-8826)
- Zhiyong Xiao
- Yewu Zhang
- Xihu Lai
- Feng Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7827-2319)
- Xu Zhou
- Xuan Chen
- Xinhong Yin
- Bin Zhou
Institutions
- China Three Gorges University (CN)
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- General Medical Council (GB)
- SMART Reading (US)
- The Central Hospital of Shaoyang (CN)
- Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TW)
- Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province (CN)
- Pancreas Centre (Canada) (CA)
- Hunan Agricultural University (CN)
- University of South China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2026.1744017
- Primary Topic
- Dietary Effects on Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00