[freehorse]

Imo what many discussions on IF miss is that one of the most challenging aspects in dieting, including in studies/interventions, is adherence rates. You can make a lot of different diets that are more healthy and/or have lower calories than a baseline diet of somebody and lead to losing weight, but the biggest challenge is how one adheres to them.

My experience with IF is that it makes it easier to schedule meals as well as to deal with whatever insatiety feelings come from reducing calories, and this made it easier for me to stay with IF diet than with other diets. I have read research where adherence is significantly higher in IF groups, other where it is lower. Essentially, adherence is firstmost about what works for a specific person. If the diet logistics don't work for you personally, it matters little what statistics say. The point (of any diet for weight loss/management) is always to reduce/control calories intake.