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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of early TRE (eTRE; 08:00\u201314:00) and delayed TRE (dTRE; 12:00\u201318:00) on body weight, aerobic endurance, and anaerobic power in untrained adults. Methods: In a randomized crossover trial, 28 healthy university students (mean age 23.47 \u00b1 2.87 years; 16 women) completed two 4-week interventions, eTRE and dTRE, separated by a 2-week washout. Participants did not engage in any structured exercise during the intervention period. Body weight, aerobic endurance (cycling time to exhaustion at a fixed workload), and anaerobic power (peak power output during sprint cycling) were assessed after each phase. Results: Body weight significantly decreased after eTRE (\u22121.56 kg; 95% CI [\u22122.07, \u22121.05]; p &lt; 0.001; Cohen\u2019s dz = 1.17) and dTRE (\u22120.61 kg; 95% CI [\u22121.12, \u22120.10]; p = 0.022; Cohen\u2019s dz = 0.55), with a greater reduction observed in eTRE compared to dTRE (\u22120.95 kg; 95% CI [\u22121.74, \u22120.16]; p = 0.020). Aerobic endurance showed no significant change across phases (all p &gt; 0.05). Anaerobic power significantly improved after both eTRE (+21.25 W; 95% CI [12.03, 30.47]; p &lt; 0.001; Cohen\u2019s dz = 1.10) and dTRE (+35.43 W; 95% CI [26.21, 44.65]; p &lt; 0.001; Cohen\u2019s dz = 1.20), and the improvement was significantly greater in dTRE compared to eTRE (+14.18 W; 95% CI [1.79, 26.57]; p = 0.025; Cohen\u2019s dz = 0.54). Conclusions: Both early and delayed TRE independently led to weight loss and enhanced anaerobic power in the absence of an exercise intervention. eTRE was more effective for weight reduction, whereas dTRE produced greater improvements in anaerobic performance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu17183011","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,22]],"date-time":"2025-09-22T10:05:17Z","timestamp":1758535517000},"page":"3011","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Time-Restricted Eating Without Exercise Enhances Anaerobic Power and Reduces Body Weight: A Randomized Crossover Trial in Untrained Adults"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-2814-9519","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zifu","family":"Yu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739-8524, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2352-2122","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takeshi","family":"Ueda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739-8524, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"738","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cell.2014.10.029","article-title":"Integrative biology of exercise","volume":"159","author":"Hawley","year":"2014","journal-title":"Cell"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1334","DOI":"10.1249\/MSS.0b013e318213fefb","article-title":"Quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy adults: Guidance for prescribing exercise","volume":"43","author":"Garber","year":"2011","journal-title":"Med. 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