Table 2.
Evolution of the feeding patterns of the control and test groups with wet food between T0, when there was no calorie restriction for any group, and the end of the calorie cut-off period for the test group (T + 9 months [T9])
| Wet food feeding parameters | T0 |
T9 |
Evolution T0 to T9 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Test | Control | Test | Control | Test | |
| Total number of meals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | NS | ↘ t |
| Total consumption (g) | 94 | 92 | 95 | 133 | NS | ↗ |
| Total consumption duration (mins) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | NS | NS |
| Average meal duration (mins) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | NS | ↗ |
| Average time between meals (mins) | 32 | 32 | 31 | 20 | NS | ↘ |
| Average eating rate (g/mins) | 12 | 10 | 11 | 14 | NS | ↗ |
| Average consumption per meal (g) | 38 | 39 | 35 | 84 | NS | ↗ |
| Latency to start the first meal (mins) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | NS | NS |
| First meal total consumption (g) | 57 | 59 | 54 | 105 | NS | ↗ |
| First meal duration (mins) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | NS | ↗ |
| First meal eating rate (g/mins) | 13 | 11 | 12 | 15 | NS | ↗ |
| Interval between first and second meals (mins) | 24 | 25 | 23 | 16 | NS | ↘ |
Bold arrow = significant evolution (P <0.05); non-bold arrow + t = statistical trend (0.05 ⩽ P ⩽ 0.1); NS = no significant evolution (P >0.1)