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Table 3.

Initial and final body weight of the four groups of Wistar rats submitted to different treatments during ten days of the experiment.

Group	Body weight		Food intake
Group	Initial (g)	Final (g)	Initial (g)	Final (g)
HGLI + water	362.80 (27.36)^a	364.20 (24.31)^a	16.90 (3.19)^a	20.80 (1.48)^b
Standard diet + water	378.80 (88.50)^a	375.80 (83.90)^a	20.00 (2.86)^a	24.10 (5.38)^a
HGLI + CE	452.00 (9.35)^a	446.80 (9.41)^a	21.06 (3.34)^a	22.00 (2.06)^a
HGLI + EPG	501.50 (36.62)^a	490.50 (33.42)^a	22.50 (0.94)^a	19.50 (2.37)^a

Data expressed as mean (standard deviation), n = 5. Equal lowercase letters on the same line indicate that there was no statistically significant difference. CE: crude carotenoid extract from Cantaloupe melon (Cucumis melo L.) (12.5 mg/kg of weight). EPG: crude carotenoid extract from Cantaloupe melon (Cucumis melo L.) nanoencapsulated in porcine gelatin (50 mg/kg of weight). HGLI: diet with a high glycemic index and high glycemic load. The statistical difference between the initial and final weight and food consumption of the animals was calculated using the paired t-Student test (p < 0.05).