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11399403

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Selection of food can be affected by several factors, and with the method of self-selection, qualitative changes in nutritional balance may be detected. The goal of the present study was to evaluate feeding preferences in weaning rats using three macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, and fat), through a free-choice method, evaluating the alteration in their feeding patterns as compared with the previous nutritional status during the early lactation period. We analyzed the effects of protein restriction during lactation over the nitrogen balance after the weaning. The dams were assigned to one of two diet conditions (nourished or malnourished). At weaning, two pups from each litter were housed individually in metabolic cages, and they were maintained on self-selection under a free-choice paradigm and were provided with separate sources of macronutrients. The parameter for evaluating the nutritional effectiveness of the diets was nitrogen balance. We observed that protein intake tended to increase and consumption of carbohydrate and fat tended to decrease progressively during the 3 wk of experiment. In selecting their own food, growing rats and malnourished rats consumed a larger amount of protein than the other rats. Nourished rats selecting their diet had a larger nitrogen balance than nourished rats receiving a composed diet; no nitrogen balance difference was found between the self-selecting groups. Rats can choose an adaptive form when recovering from protein malnutrition.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0899-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
455-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of malnutrition during early lactation on development and feeding behavior under the self-selection paradigm.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't