Table 4.

Energy balance dynamics and body composition at baseline (pre-) and at 8 weeks (post-) after random assignment to a regular or reformulated dietary exchange period^a,b

	Regular	Reformulated	P values
			T	D	TXD
EI (kcal/day)			0.201	0.208	0.075
Pre-	1895 ± 568	1916 ± 553
Post-	2049 ± 529	1887 ± 546
EEPA (kcal/day)			0.738	0.014	0.970
Pre-	432 ± 166	436 ± 169
Post-	419 ± 201	405 ± 149
EEBMR (kcal/day)e			0.666	0.136	0.631
Pre-	1483 ± 206	1479 ± 210
Post-	1489 ± 204	1489 ± 206
Weight (kg)c			0.448	0.035	0.251
Pre-	69.8 ± 11.5	70.1 ± 11.3
Post-	70.3 ± 11.3	70.2 ± 11.4
BMI (kg/m2)c,d			0.300	0.401	0.202
Pre-	24.0 ± 3.4	24.1 ± 3.3
Post-	24.1 ± 3.3	24.1 ± 3.4
Body fat (%)c			0.222	0.447	0.541
Pre-	26.9 ± 9.6	27.2 ± 9.4
Post-	27.1 ± 9.2	27.3 ± 9.4

BMI body mass index, D diet, EE _BMR energy expenditure by basal metabolic rate, EI energy intake, EE _PA energy expenditure from physical activity assessed by triaxial accelerometry, T time, TXD time X diet

^a Values are presented as mean ± SD

^b n = 45

^c n = 50

^d Data were log transformed

^e Estimated with an equation including age, gender and body weight [34]