Over a period of 8 wk , 52 women with body mass indices of > 25 kg/m ( 2 ) but < 35 kg/m ( 2 ) with type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned to either an intervention group , in which participants were given oligofructose-enriched inulin ( n = 27 , consuming 10 g/d of oligofructose-enriched inulin ) , or to a control group , in which participants were given maltodextrin ( n = 25 , consuming 10 g/d of maltodextrin ) .