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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
High-fat diet-feeding increases body weight and adiposity in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), effects due in part to decreased energy expenditure. The effects of voluntary exercise- or cold exposure-induced increases in energy expenditure were examined in fat- or chow-fed, female Syrian hamsters. In Experiment 1, voluntary exercise (10 weeks) caused a moderate hyperphagia and actually increased body weight in both diet groups through increases in lean body mass. Carcass lipid was not affected by by exercise in chow-fed hamsters and only slightly reduced in fat-fed animals. In Experiment 2, chronic (8 weeks) cold exposure (5 degrees C) increased energy intake to the same extent in both dietary groups relative to the warm-exposed (23 degrees C) controls. High-fat diet-induced obesity was largely prevented by cold exposure. Cold exposure reduced lean body mass in chow-fed hamsters, but this carcass component was spared by fat-feeding. These results indicate that the increased metabolic demands of cold exposure were more effective in preventing this form of diet-induced obesity than those of voluntary exercise (80% and 17% reductions in carcass lipid, respectively). These results are discussed in terms of possible beneficial effects of eating a lipid-rich diet prior to winter.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0031-9384
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Dietary obesity in exercising or cold-exposed Syrian hamsters.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.