Table 6.

Energy and macronutrient intake (mean ± standard deviation) in the HSF and LSF groups before the beginning of the study (baseline) and during the weight-maintenance period (WM, the weeks refer to the time since the beginning of the weight-maintenance period).

	HSF n = 42a					LSF n = 40a
	Baseline	6 wks WM	12 wks WM	18 wks WM	24 wks WM	Baseline	6 wks WM	12 wks WM	18 wks WM	24 wks WM	P b	P c
Energy (goal), kcal	—	1581 ± 233	1581 ± 233	1581 ± 233	1581 ± 233	—	1555 ± 259	1555 ± 259	1555 ± 259	1555 ± 259	—	—
Energy (realization), kcal	2053 ± 526	1553 ± 348	1692 ± 404	1761 ± 439	1863 ± 573	1945 ± 558	1666 ± 407	1755 ± 386	1811 ± 490	1718 ± 405	0.96	0.02
Protein, g	86 ± 21	100 ± 18	105 ± 17	110 ± 23	110 ± 25	79 ± 21	77 ± 21	77 ± 20	81 ± 24	78 ± 20	<0.001	<0.001
Protein, E%	17 ± 3	26 ± 3	26 ± 4	25 ± 3	25 ± 5	17 ± 2	18 ± 2	18 ± 2	18 ± 3	18 ± 2	<0.001	<0.001
Fat, g	71 ± 26	46 ± 17	51 ± 18	57 ± 21	58 ± 25	69 ± 30	58 ± 17	62 ± 15	66 ± 20	64 ± 17	0.049	0.01
Fat, E%	31 ± 7	26 ± 5	26 ± 5	29 ± 5	28 ± 6	31 ± 6	31 ± 4	32 ± 3	33 ± 5	34 ± 5	<0.001	<0.001
Carbohydrates, g	223 ± 62	169 ± 39	188 ± 56	188 ± 52	194 ± 60	226 ± 62	198 ± 46	208 ± 48	211 ± 58	196 ± 48	0.09	0.04
Carbohydrates, E%	44 ± 7d	44 ± 5	44 ± 6	43 ± 6	42 ± 6	47 ± 7d	48 ± 4	47 ± 4	47 ± 5	46 ± 4	<0.001	0.98
Dietary fibre, g	23 ± 7	32 ± 8	34 ± 10	33 ± 9	32 ± 9	23 ± 10	24 ± 7	23 ± 7	23 ± 9	22 ± 7	<0.001	<0.001
Alcohol, g	21 ± 39	6 ± 11	6 ± 11	5 ± 9	14 ± 41	11 ± 15	3 ± 5	4 ± 9	4 ± 9	3 ± 6	0.08	0.15
Alcohol, E%	7 ± 10	3 ± 5	3 ± 5	2 ± 3	4 ± 10	3 ± 5	1 ± 2	2 ± 3	1 ± 2	1 ± 2	0.04	0.27

HSF: higher-satiety food group, LSF: lower-satiety food group; ^aHSF: 12 wks n = 41, 18 wks n = 40, LSF: 6 wks n = 39, 12 wks n = 37, 18 wks n = 37, 24 wks n = 36; ^bthe difference between the groups,^cthe group versus time interaction, linear mixed-effect modelling; ^dat the baseline, the difference between the groups P = 0.03, Student's t-test.