Effectiveness of 4-week alternate-day fasting on body mass and body composition in Asia males with BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2

• Main Author: Tan, Gerald Zheng Yang
• Other Authors: Yang Yifan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78942
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Alternate – day fasting (ADF) has shown to induce weight loss and improve body composition. While most researches looked at longer duration ADF (>8 weeks), comparatively fewer have looked into short-term ADF. Furthermore, shortest duration to observe a significant weight loss is not w...