Table 2. Dietary intake and physical activity of each group during the study.

			Baseline			4 weeks			8 weeks			12 weeks
												(after washout period)
			MEAN	SEM	pa	MEAN	SEM	pa	MEAN	SEM	pa	MEAN	SEM	pa
Dietary intake
	Total energy (kcal/day)
		Placebo group	2,029	77	0.835	1,978	65	0.636	1,906	63	0.651	1,980	68	0.603
		LcS group	2,050	65		1,933	66		1,947	65		2,037	84
	Proteins (g/day)
		Placebo group	67	2	0.960	67	2	0.904	65	2	0.464	68	3	0.691
		LcS group	67	2		67	2		68	2		69	3
	Lipids (g/day)
		Placebo group	66	4	0.981	62	3	0.698	63	3	0.730	67	3	0.777
		LcS group	66	3		61	3		65	3		68	4
	Carbohydrates (g/day)
		Placebo group	263	10	0.826	261	10	0.600	243	8	0.725	251	9	0.703
		LcS group	266	9		254	9		248	9		256	10
Physical activity (METs-hr/day)
	Placebo group		4.0	0.3	0.470	3.9	0.3	0.372	4.4	0.3	0.916	4.3	0.3	0.918
	LcS group		4.3	0.4		4.3	0.3		4.3	0.4		4.2	0.4

LcS: L. casei strain Shirota YIT 9029; METs: metabolic equivalents.

^ap values analysed by the unpaired Student’s t-test.