Research Article

Dairy Foods in a Moderate Energy Restricted Diet Do Not Enhance Central Fat, Weight, and Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue Losses nor Reduce Adipocyte Size or Inflammatory Markers in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Controlled Feeding Study

Table 7

Total activity counts per day in women and men consuming adequate dairy (AD) or low-dairy (LD) diets for 12 weeks on a caloric-restricted diet.

Adequate dairy
Week 1Week 4Week 8Week 12

207,846.7a ± 123,696.7198,531.6a ± 90,535.9175,796.1b ± 99,638.0180,292.1c ± 116,312.3

Low dairy
163,390.3a ± 90,640.4174,650.1a ± 104,178.9159,193.9a ± 84,882.5151,193.1a ± 86,144.2

Values are mean ± SD; different superscripts denote significant differences between weeks within treatment groups. No differences were observed between groups in total activity counts.