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Table 4 Intake of macronutrients before and at the end of two-months of well balanced intervention diet

From: Effects of two-months balanced diet in metabolically healthy obesity: lipid correlations with gender and BMI-related differences

Daily nutritional intake

Pre treatment

Post treatment

Energy (kJ/day)

8985.3 ± 70.4

6792 ± 64.5

Protein (% of energy)

16.2 ± 1.0

17.5 ± 3.2

Carbohydrates (% of energy)

52.6 ± 2.1

54.4 ± 1.9

Fat (% of energy)

31.2 ± 2.1

26.1 ± 1.9

Saturated fatty acids (% of energy)

12.7 ± 2.9

7.1 ± 1.0

Cholesterol (mg)

213 ± 32.4

178.6 ± 30.5

Fiber (g/d)

16.8 ± 7.9

26.5 ± 3.6

  1. Mean ± SD; nutritional evaluation carried out by Carnovale E. Marletta L. “Food composition tables”, Italian National Institute of Nutrition, Rome 1997