High Fat Diets for Diet-Induced Obesity Models

文档简介HighFatDietsforDiet-InducedObesityModelsABriefReviewoftheScientificLiterature-October2008byAngelaM.Gajda,M.S.,SeniorScientist,ResearchDiets,Inc.Geneticandenvironmentalfactorsplayaroleinthedevelopmentofobesity,anddietisoneofthemainenvironmentalfactorsthat500contributestothisdisease.Humanstudieshaveshownthatincreasedfatintakeisassociatedwithbodyweightgainwhichcanleadtoobesityandotherrelatedmetabolicdiseases.AnimalrodentBodyWeight（g）250DRmodelsarethereforeusefultoolsforstudyingobesityastheywillreadilygainweightwhenfedhigh-fatdiets