Self-selection and the obese Zucker rat: The effect of dietary fat dilution

摘要: Adult female lean and obese Zucker rats were allowed to compose their own diets by giving them access three macronutrient sources. After a baseline period, the fat source was serially diluted. In all, eight concentrations of used. Dilution promoted significant increases in intake both rats. The increased not simply compensatory nature, but rather represented consumption. These results suggest that reported appetite for rat is unique trait genotype. Further, from this experiment demonstrate caloric protein regulation mechanisms may be controlling as precisely once believed.