Effects of a post-weaning cafeteria diet in young rats: metabolic syndrome, reduced activity and low anxiety-like behaviour.

Among adolescents, overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome are rapidly increasing in recent years as a consequence of unhealthy palatable diets. Animal models of diet-induced obesity have been developed, but little is known about the behavioural patterns produced by the consumption of such diets....

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Main Authors: Jaume F Lalanza, Antoni Caimari, Josep M del Bas, Daniel Torregrosa, Igor Cigarroa, Mercè Pallàs, Lluís Capdevila, Lluís Arola, Rosa M Escorihuela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24482678/?tool=EBI