Modeling Diet-Induced Obesity with Obesity-Prone Rats: Implications for Studies in Females.
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic, and the comorbidities associated with obesity are numerous. Over the last two decades, we and others have employed an outbred rat model to study the development and persistence of obesity, as well as the metabolic complications that accompany excess weight. In this r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Nutrition |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnut.2016.00050/full |