FIGURE 2.

Changes in perceived quality of life of adults who are overweight or obese after 5 wk of following a Mediterranean-style eating pattern with different amounts of lean, unprocessed red meat. Values are least-square means ± least-square mean SEMs,n = 39. All values were extracted from a doubly repeated-measures ANOVA adjusted for age, sex, and body mass at each time point. *Different from Pre,P < 0.05. There were no differences between the Med-Red Pattern and the Med-Control Pattern.¹Meaured via MOS SF-36v2;²role limitations due to physical health;³role limitations due to emotional health. Med-Control Pattern, Mediterranean-style eating pattern with ∼200 g of lean, unprocessed red meat/wk; Med-Red Pattern, Mediterranean-style eating pattern with ∼500 g of lean unprocessed red meat/wk; MOS; SF-36v2, 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, version 2.