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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2013 Aug 9;71:459–465. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.07.002

Figure 1. Food intake and body weight by balloon group.

Figure 1

Mean daily food intakes (g) and body weights (g) of rats with filled balloons (7 mL), empty balloons, and no balloons over 8 weeks. In the rats with filled balloons, intakes decreased sharply in the 1st week and rose gradually, but remained lower through the 7th week (P < 0.01). Body weight remained reduced throughout compared to rats with empty balloons or rats with no balloons. (mean ± SE) Reproduced from: “Intragastric balloon reduces food intake and body weight in rats,” by Geliebter, A., Westreich, S., Gage, D., & Hashim, S. A., (1986). Am J Physiol, 251 (4 Pt 2), p.R795. Copyright 1986 by the American Physiological Society. Rights automatically granted.