Endocrine Abstracts

High-fat/low carbohydrate (HF–LC) diets in humans, such as the Atkin’s diet, are claimed to work in an ad libitum setting. In a previous study, we had demonstrated reduced bodyweight (BW) gain in rats when pair-fed isocaloric amounts of a HF–LC compared to normal chow (CH). However, rats on HF–LC also showed increased body fat and low serum IGF-I. We now compared BW development, food intake and resting energy expenditure (EE) in an ad libitum setting in mal...