Table 3 Anthropometric parameters and food intake

Initial bodyweight (g)

200 ± 3

199 ± 4

198 ± 3

199 ± 3

194 ± 3

192 ± 3

Final bodyweight (g)

343 ± 4

348 ± 6

339 ± 6

509 ± 7 ^†††

549 ± 17 ^†††**

556 ± 13 ^†††**

Food intake (g/day)

28.5 ± 0.6

20.9 ± 0.3^***

24.3 ± 0.3^***□□□

31.2 ± 0.6 ^†††

21.9 ± 0.4 ^†††***

26.2 ± 0.6 ^{†††***□□□}

Food intake (kcal/day)

82 ± 2

109 ± 1^***

113 ± 2^***□

90 ± 1 ^†††

114 ± 2^{*** †††}

123 ± 3 ^{†††***□}

Abdominal fat pad weight (g)

11.7 ± 0.7

17.6 ± 1.0^*

18.2 ± 1.0^*

33.2 ± 1.7 ^†††

48.6 ± 2.5 ^†††***

52.1 ± 3.0 ^†††***

Subcutaneous fat pad weight (g)

1.7 ± 0.2

2.6 ± 0.2^**

2.8 ± 0.4^***

4.9 ± 0.3 ^†††

7.2 ± 0.6 ^†††**

7.9 ± 0.9 ^†††***