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. 2015 Oct 30;2(12):2003–2009. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.10.029

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Association between transient carbohydrate deficits and 24-h fat oxidation.

Mean ± SE of the lowest value of relative carbohydrate balance (kcal) and 24-h fat oxidation (kcal/24 h) for 9 groups from 3 different studies are plotted. Subjects in the present study completed 4 trials with exercise in the morning (Inline graphic), afternoon (Inline graphic), and evening (Inline graphic) or without exercise (□). In our previous studies, 12 male subjects completed 2 trials of 60-min exercise session at 50% VO2max before breakfast (Inline graphic) or after breakfast (Inline graphic) (Shimada et al., 2013), and 9 male subjects completed 3 trials of 100-min exercise sessions at 65% of VO2max before breakfast (Inline graphic), after lunch (Inline graphic), or two 50-min exercise sessions before breakfast and after lunch (●) (Iwayama et al., 2015). The correlation coefficient between lowest carbohydrate balance values and 24-h fat oxidation was − 0.51 (n = 91; P < 0.01).