Table 4.

Characteristics of male rats in experiment 4.

	Choice	Choice reversal
N	9	10
Body weight (g)
Day 0	296 ± 2	293 ± 2
Day 38	384 ± 7	382 ± 7
Day 42, day 4 reversal	394 ± 7	388 ± 6
Energy intake (kcal/25 day)
Total	2190 ± 54	2257 ± 51
Chow	747 ± 30	733 ± 47
Liquid sucrose	555 ± 91	472 ± 98
Lard	902 ± 102	1038 ± 115
Energy intake reversal (kcal/4 day)
Total	427 ± 65	252 ± 6*
Chow	115 ± 11	252 ± 6*
Liquid sucrose	121 ± 17
Lard	191 ± 66
Serum (ng/mL)
Leptin (day 28)	4.6 ± 0.6	5.1 ± 0.6
Leptin (day 42, Day 4 reversal)	5.2 ± 0.5	1.8 ± 0.2*
Fat pad weights (g)
Epididymal	5.6 ± 0.2	4.7 ± 0.3*
Retroperitoneal	4.3 ± 0.2	3.3 ± 0.3*
Mesenteric	4.2 ± 0.3	2.9 ± 0.2*
Carcass weight (g)	350.5 ± 6.3	341.3 ± 6.0
Fat (g)	29.2 ± 2.0	19.0 ± 2.0*
Water (g)	211 ± 4	215 ± 3
Ash (g)	13.5 ± 0.6	13.6 ± 0.6
Protein (g)	96.8 ± 2.1	95.4 ± 1.8
LBM (g)	308 ± 6	312 ± 5

LBM, lean body mass (water + protein). Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

An asterisk represents a difference at p < 0.05.