Fig. 3

Morphometric parameters after nutritional intervention. a, Body weight (g); b, area under curve (AUC) of body weight; c, Lee index (g^1/3 cm^− 1 × 1000); d, energy intake (Kcal/100 g/day) and e, area under curve (AUC) of energy intake assessed in rats fed a standard chow (CT/CT, n = 7), high-sucrose diet (HS/HS, n = 6), initially fed a HS diet and then replaced by standard chow (HS/CT, n = 6) and fed a HS diet then replaced by high-protein diet (HS/HP, n = 6). The nutritional intervention started after 20 weeks post weaning and lasted for 12 weeks. Points and bars represent mean ± SEM, compared by one-way ANOVA (Newman Keuls). ^a represents p < 0.05 when compared to CT/CT, ^b represents p < 0.05 when compared to HS/HS and ^c represents p < 0.05 when compared to HS/CT