INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Over 100 million Americans are living with obesity. In their quest to lose weight, many are turning to intermittent fasting. Is this just another fad diet or something worth considering?

WISH-TV Medical Expert Dr. Janel Gordon joined Daybreak on Thursday with the answers.

A new Cochrane review examining 22 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and 1995 participants from North America, Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany and Norway, found intermittent fasting may result in little to no difference in weight loss. Researchers reported low certainty in the quality of the evidence.

Intermittent fasting was defined as “time‐re...