Altered feeding patterns in rats exposed to a palatable cafeteria diet: increased snacking and its implications for development of obesity.
BackgroundRats prefer energy-rich foods over chow and eat them to excess.The pattern of eating elicited by this diet is unknown.We used the behavioral satiety sequence to classify an eating bout as a meal or snack and compared the eating patterns of rats fed an energy rich cafeteria diet or chow.MethodsEight week old male Sprague Dawley rats were e