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Altered Feeding Patterns in Rats Exposed to a Palatable Cafeteria Diet: Increased Snacking and Its Implications for Development of Obesity

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Title
Altered Feeding Patterns in Rats Exposed to a Palatable Cafeteria Diet: Increased Snacking and Its Implications for Development of Obesity
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PLOS ONE, April 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0060407
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Sarah I. Martire, Nathan Holmes, R. Fred Westbrook, Margaret J. Morris

Abstract

Rats prefer energy-rich foods over chow and eat them to excess. The pattern of eating elicited by this diet is unknown. We used the behavioral satiety sequence to classify an eating bout as a meal or snack and compared the eating patterns of rats fed an energy rich cafeteria diet or chow.

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Country Count As %
Spain 2 2%
India 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 105 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 24 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 19%
Researcher 14 13%
Student > Master 10 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Other 15 14%
Unknown 18 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 20 18%
Neuroscience 10 9%
Psychology 7 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Other 20 18%
Unknown 22 20%