Table 4. Food intake at wk 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 16 in NL and SL rats.

	NL	SL
Food intake (g/day)
3 wk	7.70±1.13	10.60±1.24**
4 wk	11.65±3.33	14.32±2.18*
5 wk	17.45±2.32	17.56±1.23
6 wk	21.85±4.12	21.60±0.27
8 wk	25.17±1.01	25.60±1.87
16 wk	28.00±0.64	27.00±0.58

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

*P<0.05,

**P<0.01 for SL vs. NL. n = 6–9 in each NL and SL group.