Fast Days

Fast Days is a religious observance characterized by the voluntary abstention from food, drink, or other physical comforts, distinguished by its designated temporal occurrence and its purpose of spiritual reflection, penance, or communal identity within a religious tradition.

Publications

4.5K

Citations

317

Authors

163

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Days Of Fasting

Parents

Religious Festivals

Publications

Effect of Alternate-Day Fasting on Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance, and Cardioprotection Among Metabolically Healthy Obese Adults

John F. Trepanowski, Cynthia M. Kroeger, Adrienne Barnosky et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2017 · 633 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +17

Recommendations for Management of Diabetes During Ramadan

Monira Alarouj, Samir H. Assaad‐Khalil, John B. Buse et al. · Diabetes Care · 2010 · 408 citations · Full text

Medicine, Health Education, Nutrition +14

Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecular Markers of Aging in Healthy, Non-obese Humans

Slaven Stekovic, Sebastian J. Hofer, Norbert J. Tripolt et al. · Cell Metabolism · 2019 · 402 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Physiology +12

Alternate-day fasting in nonobese subjects: effects on body weight, body composition, and energy metabolism1,2

Leonie K. Heilbronn, Steven R. Smith, Corby K. Martin et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2005 · 389 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Physiology +15

The origins of feasts, fasts, and seasons in early Christianity

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 146 citations

Humanities, Religion, Religious Studies +10

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Authors

317

KA
Krista A Varady
University of Illinois Chicago, United States
6 publications · 921 citations
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CM
Cynthia M. Kroeger
University of Illinois Chicago, United States
5 publications · 910 citations
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KK
Kristin K. Hoddy
University of Illinois Chicago, United States
4 publications · 852 citations
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JF
John F. Trepanowski
University of Illinois Chicago, United States
4 publications · 852 citations
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MC
Monica C Klempel
University of Illinois Chicago, United States
4 publications · 764 citations
4
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Institutions

163

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Venues

PubMed
Repository · 3 publications · 77 citations
3
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Diabetes Care
3 publications · 440 citations
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DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Repository · 3 publications · 97 citations
3
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American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2 publications · 48 citations
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Endocrine Practice
2 publications · 24 citations
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