TABLE 2.

Daily dietary intake and energy expenditure of the control and WE groups before and after 15 weeks.

Daily dietary intake and energy expenditure	Control (n = 51)		WE (n = 60)
	Before	After	Before	After
Carbohydrate (g)	28710	26812	2449	23012
Fat (g)	513	534	503	463
Protein (g)	786	824	735	754
Dietary intake (kJ/day)	7,163238	7,075230	6,962246	6,815267#
Energy expenditure (kJ/day)	6,799192	6,832159	6,895213	7,155205+

Data are expressed as means ± SE.

WE, wand stretching exercise.

⁺Significantly different from the control group after 15 weeks, p < 0.05.

^#Significantly different from the energy expenditure after 15 weeks, p < 0.05.