Effect of diurnal intermittent fasting during Ramadan on ghrelin, leptin, melatonin, and cortisol levels among overweight and obese subjects: A prospective observational study - Al-Rawi, Natheer; Madkour, Mohamed; Jahrami, Haitham; Salahat, Dana; Alhasan, Fatima; BaHammam, Ahmed; Al-Islam Faris, Mo'ez (PloS one, 2020)
Keywords: Adult; Anthropometry; Background levels; Baseline studies; Biology and Life Sciences; Body composition; Body weight; Circadian rhythm; Circadian Rhythm - physiology; Circadian rhythms; Cortisol; Diet; Dietary intake; Diurnal; Energy Intake; Exercise; Fasting; Fasting - blood; Feeding behavior; Female; Females; Food; Food intake; Gastrointestinal surgery; Ghrelin; Ghrelin - blood; Health aspects; Health sciences; Hemodynamics; Hormones; Humans; Hydrocortisone - blood; Leptin; Leptin - blood; Lifestyles; Lipids - blood; Male; Meals; Medical laboratories; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Melatonin; Melatonin - blood; Metabolism; Muslims; Nutrition research; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - physiopathology; Observational studies; Overweight; Overweight persons; Prospective Studies; Ramadan; Religious aspects; Serum levels; Sleep; Sleep - physiology; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Riyadh Saudi Arabia; Bahrain