Measures

Baseline¹

End of the 12 weekly sessions¹

P

Dietary intake²

Energy (Kcal/day)

1668.1 ± 176.6

1275.5 ± 179.4

0.027

Protein (%)

17.7 ± 1.3

21.9 ± 1.3

<0.001

Fat (%)

40.3 ± 1.6

37.3 ± 1.6

0.079

Carbohydrate (%)

42.5 ± 2.3

41.1 ± 2.4

0.443

Sodium (mg/day)

2725.3 ± 326.5

2132 ± 330

0.008

Physical activity

Total energy expenditure (kcal)³

2502.9 ± 112.4

2484.1 ± 112.6

0.712

Sedentary activity time (h/day)⁴

14.3 ± 0.4

14.4 ± 0.4

0.99

Moderate activity time (min/day)⁵

117.3 ± 16.1

124.9 ± 16.1

0.347

Steps(step/day)³

4392.1 ± 497.2

4895.3 ± 497.9

0.209

Stress score

Perceived stress scale⁵

13.7 ± 1.4

12.4 ± 1.5

0.12

Adiposity⁶

Weight (lb)⁷

208.5 ± 6.4

206.8 ± 6.5

0.171

BMI

35.6 ± 1.1

35.2 ± 1.1

0.149

Body fat% (male)⁸

33.8 ± 2.6

28 ± 2.6

0.043

Body fat% (female)⁹

44.7 ± 1.4

43.9 ± 1.5

0.552

Biochemical measures¹⁰

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

163.7 ± 7.2

148 ± 7.4

0.034

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

97.9 ± 6.5

96.5 ± 6.6

0.782

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

49.5 ± 2.3

37.7 ± 2.3

<0.001

HbA1C (%)

6.6 ± 0.2

6.1 ± 0.2

<0.001