Group 1

Baseline (WK 0)

WK 1

WK 2

WK 3

WK 4

WK 5

WK 6

WK 7

WK 8

Mean Weight (Grams)

Sub-group 1

HD

71

76

73

82

85

79.0

BK

64

70

68

77

77

73.0

UM

50

48

47

53

58

51.5

Mean Grp Wt

61.6

64.6

62.6

72.3

73.3

67.8

Sub-group 2

HD

71

68

72

75

83

74.5

BK

65

64

66

71

81

70.5

UM

65

64

63

72

74

68.2

Mean Grp Wt

67.0

65.3

67.0

72.6

79.3

71.1

Sub-group 3

HD

60

60

61

67

73

79

86

91

106

77.9

BK

74

79

94

105

120

131

141

148

152

121.2

UM

73

99

81

99

106

111

119

122

131

108.5

Mean Grp Wt

69.0

79.3

78.6

90.3

99.6

107.0

115.3

120.3

129.6

102.5

Sub-group 4

HD

79

74

88

92

107

116

122

127

131

107.1

BK

70

71

79

82

98

104

113

115

130

99.0

UM

63

60

74

74

81

88

91

93

102

82.9

Mean Grp Wt

70.6

68.3

80.3

82.6

95.3

102.6

108.6

111.6

121.0

96.3

Sub-group 5

HD

74

79

77

79

88

98

102

109

112

93.0

BK

60

61

59

64

78

81

84

91

102

77.5

UM

68

72

74

77

87

98

101

107

121

92.1

Mean Grp Wt

67.3

70.6

70.0

73.3

84.3

92.3

95.6

102.3

111.6

85.0

Sub-group 6

HD

68

98

106

108

116

107.0

BK

72

74

77

79

89

79.7

UM

67

77

82

86

93

84.5

Mean Grp Wt

69.0

83.0

88.3

91.0

99.3

90.4

Sub-group 7

HD

63

76

74

81

87

79.5

BK

75

89

90

94

101

93.5

UM

77

75

63

80

88

76.5

Mean Grp Wt

71.6

80.0

75.6

75.0

92.0

83.2

Sub-group 8

HD

63

84

86

90

100

97

102

108

112

97.4

BK

73

78

82

83

98

91

93

100

115

92.5

UM

80

83

82

88

99

92

95

102

118

94.8

Mean Grp Wt

72.0

81.6

83.3

87.0

99.0

93.3

96.6

103.3

115.0

94.9

Mean weight at the start of Experiment = Mean weight at the end of experiment =

Group 2 (Control Group)

HD

51

68

83

98

118

132

147

153

167

120.7

BK

49

74

92

96

116

118

124

126

130

109.5

UM

46

74

113

128

138

140

146

150

155

130.5

Mean Grp Wt

48.6

72.0

96.0

107.3

124.0

130.0

139.0

143.0

150.6

120.2

Mean weight at the beginning of Experiment = 48.6; Mean weight at the ebd of experiment = 120.2