Publication Date:
1981-01-09
Description:
Adult rats fed high concentrations of dietary protein for 9 weeks gained more weight than rats fed isoenergetic diets containing less protein. There were no significant differences in tail and body lengths among several groups of rats on diets containing different amounts of protein; however, total body fat was significantly greater in the rats fed on diets containing 25 percent protein compared to the rats fed 5 percent protein diets. These findings suggest that the role of dietary protein in obesity and other conditions deserves further scrutiny.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Donald, P -- Pitts, C C -- Pohl, S L -- AM05955/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/ -- AM22125/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Jan 9;211(4478):185-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7444462" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Aging
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Animals
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Animals, Laboratory
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*Body Composition
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*Body Weight
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Dietary Proteins/*metabolism
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Energy Intake
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Obesity/metabolism
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Rats
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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