Table 1.

Average body weights and daily food and water intake each week during sucrose preference testing

	Start	1	2	3	4	5	Treatment	Day
Body weight (g)
Ctrl	27.2 ± 0.5	27.8 ± 0.5	27.0 ± 0.5	28.0 ± 0.3	29.1 ± 0.5	29.1 ± 0.51	F (1,168) = 3.5	F (5,168) = 13.5*
E-PS	25.9 ± 0.5	26.7 ± 0.6	26.3 ± 0.6	26.9 ± 0.6	27.0 ± 0.9	27.5 ± 0.9
Daily food intake (g)
Ctrl		4.0 ± 0.3	4.0 ± 0.4	4.0 ± 0.4	3.4 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.4	F (1,168) = 1.3	F (5,168) = 18.5*
E-PS		4.1 ± 0.3	3.8 ± 0.3	3.8 ± 0.4	3.5 ± 0.3	3.3 ± 0.8
Daily water intake (g)
Ctrl		3.1 ± 0.8	3.8 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.4	4.5 ± 0.4	F (1,168) = 1.1	F (5,168) = 2.4*
E-PS		4.1 ± 0.3	4.1 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.3	3.2 ± 0.3

*p < 0.05.