Effect of Dietary Cocoa Tea (Camellia ptilophylla) Supplementation on High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity, Hepatic Steatosis, and Hyperlipidemia in Mice

Table 3

Body weights and daily food intake of mice fed normal chow or a high-fat diet with or without green tea or cocoa tea supplementation at different concentrations.

	N	HF	HFLG	HFHG	HFLC	HFHC
Initial body wt. (g)	22.7±0.4	23.1±0.3	22.8±0.6	22.5±0.6	22.7±0.6	22.5±0.5
Final body wt. (g)	26.7±0.8	33.9±1.3^∗∗∗	26.4±0.7^###	23.8±0.7^###	28.5±0.5^###	25.6±0.4^###
Wt. gain (g)	4.0±0.5	10.8±1.1^∗∗∗	3.6±0.4^###	1.3±0.3^###	5.9±0.4^###	3.1±0.3^###
Daily food intake (g)	2.6±0.1	3.0±0.1	2.8±0.1	2.6±0.1^##	2.8±0.1	2.7±0.1

Values represent means ± SEM (𝑛=10).
Significant difference between N and HF mice using one-way ANOVA: ***P < 0.001.
Significant difference between HF and HFLG, HFHG, HFLC, and HFHC mice using one-way ANOVA: ^##P < 0.01, ^###P < 0.001.