2.4. Food Consumption
The assessment of the patients’ dietary intake was performed by completing a 24-h dietary recall (R24h). The questionnaire was applied at visits T0 and T12 to longitudinally assess food intake and control possible confounding factors. The domestic measures of the foods consumed described in the 24-h dietary recall were converted to weight or milliliters according to the table of equivalents and home measures. Then these data were entered into the Food Processor version 7.2 program (EshaResearch, Salem, MA, USA, 1998) to calculate the energy intake, macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein, total lipids, and fatty acids), total fiber, and micronutrients.