Altered Feeding Behaviors and Adiposity Precede Observable Weight Gain in Young Rats Submitted to a Short-Term High-Fat Diet

Table 2

Average daily food and water intake over a 14-day period.

	Diurnal			Nocturnal
	RCD	HFD		RCD	HFD
Food intake (g/day)	9.52 ± 3.24	5.97 ± 1.30	0.012	18.47 ± 4.11	13.55 ± 0.87	0.011
Carbohydrate intake (g/day)	5.26 ± 1.79	1.57 ± 0.34	<0.001	10.20 ± 2.27	3.56 ± 0.23	<0.001
Protein intake (g/day)	1.71 ± 0.58	1.56 ± 0.34	0.541	3.32 ± 0.74	3.55 ± 0.23	0.424
Fat intake (g/day)	0.43 ± 0.15	2.08 ± 0.46	<0.001	0.83 ± 0.19	4.73 ± 0.30	<0.001
Water intake (mL/day)	8.34 ± 3.45	6.14 ± 1.68	0.128	24.32 ± 3.97	20.03 ± 5.05	0.079

Means ± SD; bold indicates significant difference between the two groups at the level.