Table 3 Daily nutritional intake pre-intervention and during the last week of the intervention.

From: Effects of very low volume high intensity versus moderate intensity interval training in obese metabolic syndrome patients: a randomized controlled study

Variable

HIIT group

(n = 28)

MIIT group

(n = 20)

CON group

(n = 29)

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Total energy (kcal/d)

2449 ± 1050

2035 ± 833

2036 ± 713

1793 ± 745

2259 ± 824

1795 ± 738*

Total protein (g/d)

96 ± 44

95 ± 37

80 ± 28

78 ± 27

94 ± 30

84 ± 33

Relative protein (g/kg/d)

0.9 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.3

0.8 ± 0.3

0.8 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.4

Total fat (g/d)

96 ± 42

80 ± 41

84 ± 40

76 ± 36

96 ± 49

72 ± 40*

Relative fat (g/kg/d)

0.8 ± 0.4

0.7 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.5

0.7 ± 0.4

Total CHO (g/d)

224 ± 85

208 ± 97

206 ± 72

172 ± 86*

224 ± 90

180 ± 79*

Relative CHO (g/kg/d)

2.0 ± 0.8

1.9 ± 0.7

2.0 ± 0.7

1.8 ± 0.9

2.2 ± 1.0

1.8 ± 0.8

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. HIIT high-intensity interval training group, MIIT moderate-intensity interval training group, CON control group, CHO carbohydrates. *(p < 0.05), significantly different from pre-intervention.
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