Voluntary fasting intervention to control post-Ramadan weight gain among overweight and obese women

• Main Authors: Ismail, Suriani, Shamsuddin, Khadijah, Abdul Latiff, Khalib, Abu Saad, Hazizi, Abdul Majid, Latifah, Mohd. Othman, Fadlan
• Format: Article
• Published: College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35997/; http://web.squ.edu.om/squmj/archive.asp?year=2015&panelno=0
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of an Islamic voluntary fasting intervention to control post-Ramadan weight gain. METHODS: This study was conducted between July and November 2011. Two weight loss intervention programmes were developed and implemented among groups of over...