Fasting Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Weight loss === {{Main|Intermittent fasting}} There is little evidence to suggest that intermittent fasting for periods shorter than 24 hours is effective for sustained [[weight loss]] in obese adults.<ref name="unders">{{Cite book |last1=Whitney |first1=Eleanor Noss |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mib1CAAAQBAJ&pg=SA7-PA21 |title=Understanding Nutrition |last2=Rolfes |first2=Sharon Rady |date=2012 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-1133587521 |language=en |access-date=22 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202031451/https://books.google.de/books?id=Mib1CAAAQBAJ&pg=SA7-PA21 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Anton |first1=Stephen D |last2=Moehl |first2=Keelin |last3=Donahoo |first3=William T |last4=Marosi |first4=Krisztina |last5=Lee |first5=Stephanie A |last6=Mainous |first6=Arch G |last7=Leeuwenburgh |first7=Christiaan |last8=Mattson |first8=Mark P|display-authors=3 |year=2017 |title=Flipping the Metabolic Switch: Understanding and Applying the Health Benefits of Fasting |journal=Obesity |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=254β268 |doi=10.1002/oby.22065 |pmc=5783752 |pmid=29086496}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page