Table 2 Body composition in 18 healthy individuals as measured with Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) before and after an intervention with hyper-alimentation while simultaneously having a sedentary lifestyle for four weeks and when followed-up 12 months later

BF (%)

All

20.1(9.8)

23.8(8.3)

22.6(8.9)

<0.001

0.023

Women

31.3(6.7)

33.4(6.4)

32.5(4)

0.08

0.45

Men

14.6(5.2)

19(4.4)

16.6(4.4)

<0.001

0.011

FM (kg)

All

12.7(5.7)

16.4(5.5)

14.7(5.1)

<0.001

0.01

Women

17.9(4.2)

20.7(5.8)

19.3(3.5)

0.037

0.27

Men

10.1(4.4)

14.2(4)

11.9(3.7)

<0.001

0.012

FFM (kg)

All

54.9(11.3)

56.7(11.5)

54.9(11.1)

<0.001

0.97

Women

41.9(5.3)

43.1(4.3)

42.4(4.6)

0.13

0.37

Men

61.5(6.8)

63.6(6.5)

62.4(5.3)

<0.001

0.54

Trunk fat (kg)

All

6.5(2.9)

8.6(2.7)

7.5(2.5)

<0.001

0.014

Women

8.3(2.3)

9.6(3.1)

9.0(1.8)

0.097

0.29

Men

5.5(2.8)

8.1(2.5)

6.5(2.4)

<0.001

0.022

Gynoid fat mass (kg)

All

2.8(1.2)

3.4(1.2)

3.2(1.1)

<0.001

0.005

Women

4.1(0.9)

4.5(1.1)

4.3(0.8)

0.038

0.24

Men

2.1(0.7)

2.8(0.6)

2.9(0.6)

<0.001

0.005

Android fat mass (kg)

All

1.0(0.5)

1.4(0.5)

1.2(0.5)

<0.001

0.032

Women

1.3(0.4)

1.5(0.6)

1.4(0.3)

0.075

0.36

Men

0.9(0.6)

1.4(0.5)

1.0(0.5)

<0.001

0.064

BMC (kg)

All

3.00(0.45)

3.03(0.46)

2.98(0.47)

0.045

0.69

Women

2.50(0.24)

2.52(0.28)

2.50(0.32)

0.61

0.9

Men

3.25(0.27)

3.29(0.28)

3.27(0.27)

0.012

0.37

FMI (kg/m²)

All

4.3(2.2)

5.4(2.2)

4.9(2.1)

<0.001

0.018

Women

6.6(1.6)

7.6(2.1)

7.1(1.2)

0.034

0.31

Men

3.1(1.2)

4.3(1.2)

3.6(1.1)

<0.001

0.011

FFMI (kg/m²)

All

17.6(2.4)

18.2(2.4)

17.6(2.3)

<0.001

0,80

Women

15.4(1.7)

15.8(1.2)

15.6(1.6)

0.15

0.33

Men

18.8(1.9)

19.4(1.8)

18.8(1.7)

<0.001

0.56