Table 2.

CVS decreased the individual (retroperitoneal, mesenteric, epidydimal, and inguinal) and total weight of white fat depots regardless of type of drink. CVS did not affect actual interscapular brown fat weight and modestly increased interscapular brown fat weight normalized to body weight.

	Control			CVS
	Water	Saccharin	Sucrose	Water	Saccharin	Sucrose
Retroperitoneal (g)	4.1 ± 0.6	4.4 ± 0.5	3.9 ± 0.6	2.5 ± 0.2#	2.5 ± 0.2#	2.6 ± 0.2#
Mesenteric (g)	3.7 ± 0.2	4.2 ± 0.3	3.6 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.2#	3.0 ± 0.2#	2.7 ± 0.1#
Epidydimal (g)	3.9 ± 0.3	4.1 ± 0.3	4.0 ± 0.5	3.0 ± 0.3#	3.0 ± 0.2#	3.0 ± 0.1#
Inguinal (g)	4.4 ± 0.4	4.5 ± 0.4	4.1 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.2#	2.8 ± 0.1#	3.2 ± 0.2#
Total WAT (g)	16.0 ± 1.3	17.2 ± 1.3	15.6 ± 1.7	11.2 ± 0.8#	11.3 ± 0.5#	11.4 ± 0.5#
Total WAT (g)/100g body weight	4.5 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.3	4.2 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.2#	3.4 ± 0.2#	3.4 ± 0.1#
Interscapular BAT (g ×10)	4.0 ± 0.3	3.8 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.2	4.2 ± 0.5	4.3 ± 0.5	3.9 ± 0.2
Interscapular BAT (g ×10)/1000g body weight	11.2 ± 0.6	9.9 ± 0.9	9.1 ± 0.4	12.5 ± 1.2	13.1 ± 1.4#	11.7 ± 0.8

All data are shown as mean ± SEM. n= 8–9/group.

^#p<0.05 vs. Control. WAT= white adipose tissue, BAT= brown adipose tissue.