Commercial weight loss diets meet nutrient requirements in free living adults over 8 weeks: A randomised controlled weight loss trial

Table 1 Average reported energy intake (mean and standard error of mean) at baseline and after two months after allocation to diet group (see appendix for explanation of statistics)

	Atkins		WW		SF		RC		Control
	Basal	2 m	Basal	2 m	Basal	2 m	Basal	2 m	Basal	2 m
n	44	31	53	45	44	36	45	31	37	29
^aEnergy (kJ/day)
Mean	9550	6809	9706	6084	9512	6076	10149	6417	9512	7947
Sem	404	415	427	239	456	316	409	201	367	486
^bEnergy kJ/kg/day
Mean	105	80	108	74	106	70	114	81	100	97
Sem	4.5	4.7	3.9	2.6	3.9	3.7	29.2	2.6	3.6	6.5
^cPlausible reporters only
Energy kJ/kg/day	n = 17	n = 15	n = 23	n = 23	n = 15	n = 13	n = 20	n = 18	n = 12	n = 8
Mean	121	86	123	80	119	78	121	81	115	117
Sem	3.8	6.1	2.8	3.9	5.7	8.5	3.8	3.2	3.4	17

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