Fig. 1

Short-term treadmill exercise reduces body weight gain and fat mass and alters WAT expression without affecting energy intake. a Energy intake over the study and b average weekly energy intake before and during treadmill exercise intervention. c Body weight of the study and d body weight gain during treadmill exercise intervention. e Fat mass (as a percentage of body weight) and f absolute lean mass; Data expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 4 for cage data, n = 11–12 for individual data; data were analyzed by two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey-adjusted post-hoc testing. ^ap < 0.05 relative to CSed, ^bp < 0.05 relative to CEx, ^cp < 0.05 relative to CafSed