After feeding the lotus seed tea and tap water for 6
months, the mice in each group were separated into two
groups (n=5), one with UVB irradiation and the other
one without UVB irradiation. After 3 months, the final
weight, the amount of food consumption, the amount of
beverage consumption, the increase in weight, and food
efficiency ratio were not significantly different across the
different groups (P<0.05) (Table 2).