Clinical, anthropometric, and laboratory characteristics of the studied groups at baseline as shown in Table 1.In the intervention group, we found significant higher levels of body composition parameters: BMI, waist circumference, WHR, FM, FFM, FMI%, and FFMI%. Also, the levels of triglycerides, LDL-C, FPG, fasting serum insulin, HbA1c (%), and HOMA-IR were significantly higher in the intervention group compared with the control group. On the other hand, there were significant lower values of HDL in the case group compared with the control group (P