| IF | Intermittent fasting |
| TRE | Time-restricted eating |
| ISF | Islamic Sunnah fasting |
| NMA | Network meta-analysis |
| RCTs | Randomized controlled trials |
| ADF | Alternate-day fasting |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| HbA1c | Hemoglobin A1c |
| LDL | Low-density lipoprotein |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination |
| MoCA | Montreal Cognitive Assessment |
| RAVLT | Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test |
| MAPS | Memory and Aging Performance Scale |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| PICOS | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, Study design |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| MD | Mean difference |
| RoB 2.0 | Risk of Bias 2.0 |
| ROBINS-I | Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions |
| SUCRA | Surface Under the Cumulative Ranking curve |
| CINeMA | Confidence In Network Meta-Analysis |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| HLD | Healthy living diet |
| UD | Usual diet |
| GDS | Geriatric Depression Scale |
| POMS | Profile of Mood States |
| GAD-7 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 |
| ISI | Insomnia Severity Index |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| AST | Aspartate aminotransferase |
| ALT | Alanine aminotransferase |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |