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Fig. 6. Mean cumulative weight loss and urine discharge during food and water deprivation (FWD; left) and mean cumulative body mass index (BMI) change (right) before, during, and after FWD.
The daily circumferences' decrease was considerable. WC showed the most outstanding reduction whereas NC exhibited the lowest alteration. On the third day of re-eating, all these parameters, except for NC and HC, increased between 12 and 34% versus the total decrease (fig. 7, table 2).
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Fig. 7.A Mean cumulative changes in waist and neck circumference (WC and NC); B hip circumference (HC) and hip circumference oblique (HCO); C circumferences at axilla (CCA) and nipples (CCN); D waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR).
The decrease of each circumference per kg of weight loss, as expressed in the values of the quotients QNC, QWC, QHC, QHCO, QCC and QCCN, reflects a considerable volume decrease for the corresponding part of the body per kg of weight loss (table 3).
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Table 3. Volume decrease for the corresponding part of the body per kg of weight loss