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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2011 Apr;44(3):203–211. doi: 10.1002/eat.20808

TABLE 1. A typical 11-day restriction-refeeding “cycle” of the caloric restriction-refeeding protocol.

Groups Restriction
(Days 1-5)		 Refeeding with palatable food
(Days 6-7)		 Refeeding without palatable food
(Days 8-11)
BEP w/
Restriction-Refeeding		 66% of chow* Ad lib chow +
Palatable Food		 Ad lib chow
BEP w/out
Restriction-Refeeding		 Ad lib chow Ad lib chow +
Palatable Food		 Ad lib chow
BER w/
Restriction-Refeeding		 66% of chow* Ad lib chow +
Palatable Food		 Ad lib chow
BER w/out
Restriction-Refeeding		 Ad lib chow Ad lib chow +
Palatable Food		 Ad lib chow

Palatable Food = Oreo Double Stuf Cookies;

*

% of chow = determined from the mean 24-hr chow intake of all rats prior to beginning the first cycle. For the last (fifth) cycle, the % of chow given was limited to 50%, not 66%, of the mean.