3.5. FAI and Weight at 16-Week Follow-Up
FAI, weight loss
Between 8 and 16 weeks (end of the VLCD diet and reintroduction of a normal diet), two participants were lost to follow-up, and four participants did not have their FAI and weight measured in the VLCD arm. One participant withdrew from the study in the energy deficit diet arm over the same period. At the end of the 16-week period, participants in the VLCD arm had statistically significantly more weight loss than the energy deficit arm (−14.3% vs. −6.4% 