Why We Get Fat ... Lessons from a Cafeteria Rat

{Original publish date:  2/25/11}

Cafeteria Diet Is a Robust Model of Human Metabolic Syndrome With Liver and Adipose Inflammation: Comparison to High-Fat Diet

(Hat tip to Beth for bringing this to my attention)

This study used male Wistar rats

{eek ... I'm having flashbacks to a former career!}

This rat is not a genetic mutant predisposed towards obesity, but is often used in diet induced obesity (DIO) studies, as they will fatten considerably on a high fat diet.

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