Endocrine Abstracts

The consumption of a high energy (HE) diet causes a range of weight gain responses in the human population with some individuals resistant to diet induced obesity (DIO). The SD rat provides a model for DIO and this study examines the effects of HE diet on bodyweight, food intake and hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression. 28 male out-bred SD rats (280.7±2.19g) were fed chow ad-libitum (AL) for 4 days then divided into 2 weight-matched groups: 20 rats were fed HE diet...