Table 2 Changes in dietary intake before and during ordination in Thai monks.

From: Buddhist ordination as a culturally embedded model for improving diet, body composition, and sleep quality in overweight and obese adults

Parameters

Before ordination

1 week ordination

2 weeks ordination

P-valuea

Total energy (kcal)

1954.69 ± 221.90

1662.19 ± 97.14

1739.46 ± 108.15

0.259

Carbohydrate (g)

145.00 ± 13.80

152.42 ± 14.09

162.25 ± 17.17

0.286

Fat (g)

65.45 ± 6.88

59.75 ± 5.75

63.29 ± 5.61

0.582

Protein (g)

79.96 ± 9.85

60.90 ± 6.77*

62.50 ± 6.37*

0.005

Sugar (g)

34.60 ± 4.91

67.96 ± 11.60*

69.85 ± 9.46*

0.008

Dietary fiber (g)

5.07 ± 0.60

6.84 ± 0.77*

8.32 ± 0.76*

< 0.001

  1. Results are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM), n = 52. * indicates a statistically significant difference compared to baseline (before ordination), with P-value < 0.05. aP-value represents the significance of the interaction effect between time and treatment, assessed using repeated measures ANOVA.
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