Reporter brief
DiAL Health pilot RCT testing adaptive versus traditional caloric restriction and time-restricted eating in 90 young adults.
What happened
DiAL Health is a 24-week randomized controlled pilot trial enrolling 90 healthy adults aged 22–45 into five groups: nonintervention control, traditional or adaptive time-restricted eating (8-hour window), and traditional or adaptive caloric restriction (25% energy reduction). Adaptive interventions used mobile health technology with real-time monitoring and personalized feedback; traditional interventions used in-person counseling. Primary outcomes were feasibility measures (adherence, retention, satisfaction); secondary outcomes included biological age (Klemera-Doubal) and metabolic syndrome score. No efficacy results have been reported yet.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- Limitations have not been recorded; consult the primary source.
Study design and sample
Rct; Human.
Healthy adults aged 22 to 45 years with BMI 22.0 to 29.9 kg/m²
- Design
- Rct
- Sample
- 90
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Superseded.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Caloric restriction timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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