Number of meals induced by initial hunger.

	Subject Number	Breakfast		Lunch & Dinner		Number of meals per day 2
Categories		Yes¹	No¹	Yes¹	No¹	Before	After ¹
6-18 Normal-weight	27	397 (77%)	117	959 (82%)	212	4,39±0,61	3,92±0,67 ^b
6-18 Overweight	16	148 (65%)^a	78	377 (76%)^a	117	4.40±0.75	3.71±0.69^b
>18 Normal-weight	17	211 (71%)	86	647 (90%)	73	3.85±0.75	3.59±0.77 ^b
>18 Overweight	32	364 (67%)	182	1013 (77%) ^a	297	3.72±0.70	3.46±0.67 ^b

¹Number of diaries after training. Validated IH reported in 7-d diary.
²meals are: breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks with a caloric content > 20 kcal.
^aP < 0.01 vs. normal-weight subjects of same age group.
^bP < 0.001 vs. recruitment

Table 4: Number of meals induced by initial hunger in four trained groups.

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