Table 1.

Body weight gain (%) and total food intake (g) in normal cholesterol chow diet and cholesterol-rich diet rats submitted to continuous moderate training (5 or 2 consecutive days/week) during 8 weeks

Group/Tissue	Total Food Intake (g)	Body Weight Gain (%)
C	1108 ± 55.05	64.06 ± 4.18
TC5	1127 ± 34.73	36.58 ± 2.88 *+
TC2	1034 ± 55.70	60.98 ± 3.01
H	1405 ± 33.64 °	94.86 ± 3.64 °
TH5	1347 ± 23.19 °	68.35 ± 3.53 *°
TH2	1252 ± 31.22 °	72.20 ± 4.38 *

* p ≤ 0.05 comparing trained × sedentary groups; +p ≤ 0.05 comparing 5 × 2 days/week exercised groups; ° p ≤ 0.05 comparing normal cholesterol chow diet × cholesterol-rich diet groups. Sedentary control (C) and cholesterol-rich diet group (H); 5 and 2× per week continuous training control (TC5) (TC2); 5 and 2× per week continuous training cholesterol-rich diet group (TH5) (TH2).