highly significantp < 0.01
Table 5 showed that at the end of 1 st phase of the study (2 nd assessment), there was a highly significant (p < 0.01) decrease of % body fat mass (%BFM), mean minimal waist circumference (MWC) and waist hip ratio (WHR) in both groups, but % decrease was greater in the doum group (group A) compared with the whole wheat group (group B).