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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 May;21(5):910–917. doi: 10.1002/oby.20167

Table 1. Body mass and food intake.

Mean ± SEM percent change in body mass after the first 5 days and 8 weeks on the high energy diet (HED) for the control, HED-Lean, and HED-Obese. Mean ± SEM for the food intake data is for the first 5 days and for the 8 week diet duration.

Control HED-Lean HED-Obese
% change in body mass
After first 5 days 10.88 ± 0.61 a 6.38 ± 0.59 b 17.16 ± 0.48c
After 8 weeks 68.07 ± 4.48 a 60.74 ± 4.04 a 109.79 ± 7.75 b
Chow intake (kcal)
For first 5 days 83.71 ± 1.50 a 36.64 ± 1.48 b 50.82 ± 2.06 c
For 8 weeks 84.34 ± 1.86 a 31.71 ± 0.62 b 41.92 ± 1.68 c
Lard intake (kcal)
For first 5 days 27.18 ± 4.44 a 45.30 ± 4.17 b
For 8 weeks 29.84 ± 2.32 a 41.12 ± 3.29 b
Sugar intake (kcal)
For first 5 days 57.22 ± 3.26 a 45.55 ± 3.11 b
For 8 weeks 50.32 ± 2.19 49.12 ± 3.23
Total intake (kcal)
For first 5 days 83.71 ± 1.50 a 121.04 ± 2.84 b 141.67 ± 2.63 c
For 8 weeks 84.34 ± 1.86 a 111.87 ± 1.97 b 132.16 ± 2.57 c

Data with different superscripts indicate a significant difference p<0.05.