The baseline
(day 14) characteristics of the 25 subjects were age
22.5 0.6 y, height 161.5 0.9 cm, body weight 59.0 1.3 kg,
body fat 28.2 0.8 %, waist circumference 75.3 1.1 cm, and BMI
22.8 0.6 kg/m2. Two subjects were overweight (BMI > 24) and
one obese (BMI > 27) according to criteria for Asian populations
[23].