Table 1 Daily energy intake, body weight, body fat percentage, lean body mass, area under the curve (AUC) of blood glucose and apparent fat digestibility of obese and lean mice and mice kept under calorie restriction (CR)

Daily energy intake (kJ/mouse/day)

61.36 ± 3.40

42.59 ± 0.44^a,b

58.60 ± 5.16

37.23 ± 0.22^a,b

3

p=0.0013

Body weight (g)

42.11 ± 1.40^a

37.36 ± 0.61^a,b

29.74 ± 0.65

25.11 ± 0.82^a,b

12-14

p<0.001

Body fat (%)

38.54 ± 1.28^a

34.54 ± 1.68^a,b

14.17 ± 0.88

9.61 ± 0.39^a,b

12-14

p<0.001

Lean body mass (g)

26.47 ± 0.66

24.12 ± 0.44^b

25.66 ± 0.63

23.06 ± 0.66^a,b

12-14

p=0.0009

AUC blood glucose (mmol*min/ml)

1259.17 ± 147.91^a

1074.67 ± 22.88^a

722.72 ± 29.30

608.78 ± 27.97^b

6

p<0.001

Apparent fat digestibility (%)

90.66 ± 5.46^a

93.81 ± 2.06^a

65.12 ± 2.54

76.54 ± 3.21^a,b

6-7

p<0.001