Table 3. Calorie intake during the test buffet and snack test.
| Food type |
Obese men |
Normal-weight men |
P-value (group × treatment) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo | Oxytocin | P-value | Placebo | Oxytocin | P-value | ||
| Eating assessment | |||||||
| Breakfast (kcal) | |||||||
| Total | 1421±99 | 1274±92 | 0.035 | 1180±103 | 1190±105 | 0.84 | 0.07 |
| Carbohydrates | 736±51 | 659±57 | 0.07 | 517±41 | 540±41 | 0.43 | 0.042 |
| Fat | 478±54 | 430±44 | 0.15 | 517±54 | 509±57 | 0.84 | 0.43 |
| Protein | 207±15 | 187±13 | 0.08 | 145±16 | 142±14 | 0.82 | 0.26 |
| Neutral foods | 726±68 | 681±74 | 0.26 | 519±62 | 544±68 | 0.42 | 0.16 |
| Sweet foods | 409±53 | 375±48 | 0.46 | 346±40 | 336±42 | 0.64 | 0.64 |
| Savoury foods | 287±45 | 219±31 | 0.040 | 314±38 | 309±29 | 0.91 | 0.19 |
| Snack test (kcal) | |||||||
| Total | 216±24 | 162±27 | 0.006 | 283±44 | 227±44 | 0.03 | 0.95 |
| Chocolate cookies | 144±25 | 116±24 | 0.030 | 185±41 | 138±38 | 0.007 | 0.34 |
| Rice waffles | 22±5 | 16±2 | 0.26 | 18±3 | 13±2 | 0.15 | 0.78 |
| Salt crackers | 51±11 | 30±6 | 0.07 | 81±19 | 75±16 | 0.75 | 0.49 |
Mean±s.e.m. values are indicated. P-values are derived from paired, two-tailed t-tests and group × treatment ANOVA interactions, respectively. Obese men, n=18; normal-weight men, n=20.