TABLE 4.

Effect of quinoa on nutrient intake outcomes of overweight and obese participants in the control and treatment groups at 6 and 12 wk of intervention¹

Nutrient intake	Control group		25-g/d group		50-g/d group		P (treatment)2
	6 wk	12 wk	6 wk	12 wk	6 wk	12 wk
Energy, kJ	8425.26 ± 670.43	8173.67 ± 577.70	7543.71 ± 657.56	7929.18 ± 541.45	7638.19 ± 414.77	7053.39 ± 623.47	0.305
Protein, g	90.68 ± 12.08	95.39 ± 11.52	95.21 ± 13.11	92.30 ± 11.31	90.35 ± 8.06	82.24 ± 7.98	0.460
Total fat, g	72.72 ± 8.44	74.24 ± 8.22	64.48 ± 6.27	69.31 ± 10.92	70.45 ± 6.39	65.51 ± 9.13	0.654
Carbohydrates, g	225.04 ± 17.43	199.70 ± 9.08	194.41 ± 19.04	198.87 ± 13.67	187.78 ± 13.13	175.15 ± 14.60	0.299
Dietary fiber, g	24.93 ± 2.23	24.92 ± 2.23	20.27 ± 2.34	24.86 ± 2.78	23.76 ± 2.19	25.78 ± 3.18	0.330
Protein, % of energy	17.71 ± 1.17	19.47 ± 1.55	21.17 ± 1.78	20.04 ± 2.31	19.98 ± 1.55	20.11 ± 1.59	0.537
Total fat, % of energy	31.05 ± 2.29	33.02 ± 2.12	32.12 ± 1.83	31.29 ± 3.13	33.87 ± 2.16	33.57 ± 1.76	0.794
Carbohydrates, % of energy	45.26 ± 2.35	41.34 ± 2.06	42.31 ± 2.24	41.98 ± 2.57	40.65 ± 1.69	41.57 ± 1.90	0.459
Fiber, % of energy	2.59 ± 0.37	2.53 ± 0.33	2.18 ± 0.24	2.52 ± 0.24	2.52 ± 0.24	2.95 ± 0.29	0.489
Other nutrients, % of energy	1.24 ± 0.37	1.20 ± 0.31	1.30 ± 0.26	1.24 ± 0.31	0.87 ± 0.13	1.08 ± 0.15	0.466

¹Values are means ± SEMs.

²Indicates the main effect of treatment observed between groups (baseline adjusted on the basis of a linear mixed model).