Influence of Alterations in Meal Frequency on Lipogenesis and Body Fat Content in the Rat
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 149 (4) , 849-854
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-149-38912
Abstract
Rats were allowed to eat only 2 hr per day (meal-fed) or were fed ad libitum (nibbler) for 12 wk; another group of animals was meal-fed for 3 wk and then fed ad libitum (converted I) while the fourth group of rats (converted II) was meal-fed for 3 wk, allowed to nibble for the next 3 wk, meal-fed from the 6th to 9th wk and then returned to ad libitum feeding for the last 3 wk. Body fat gain and food efficiency was increased in converted I rats. The lipogenic capacity of adipose tissue from meal-fed rats was greater than observen meal-fed rats were reverted to ad libitum feeding whereas lipogenic activity increased rapidly when ad libitum fed rats were switched to meal-feeding.Keywords
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