Table 1. Food intake of control and cafeteria diet-fed rats.
The data are the mean ± sem of at least 20 days taken from three cages (2 rats in each) per group. Statistical significance of the differences between groups (2-way ANOVA): the columns represent the P values for each variable: sex and diet.
| Units | Male rats | Female rats | P values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Cafeteria | Control | Cafeteria | Sex | Diet | ||
| Nutrient energy intake | |||||||
| Total energy | kJ/d | 272 ± 15 | 630 ± 13 | 209 ± 13 | 527 ± 10 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Carbohydrate | kJ/d | 184 ± 11 | 312 ± 4 | 141 ± 6 | 274 ± 9 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Lipid | kJ/d | 33.3 ± 1.6 | 259 ± 4 | 25.6 ± 2.0 | 210 ± 10 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
| Protein | kJ/d | 54.8 ± 2.3 | 78.2 ± 1.4 | 40.1 ± 3.1 | 64.2 ± 5.0 | 0.0002 | <0.0001 |
| Food items’ intake | |||||||
| Rat chow | g/d | 22.5 ± 1.3 | 5.53 ± 0.45 | 17.3 ± 1.1 | 4.95 ± 0.95 | 0.0079 | <0.0001 |
| Sugared milk | mL/d | 19.9 ± 1.1 | 20.6 ± 0.4 | NS | <0.0001 | ||
| Plain cookies | g/d | 11.7 ± 0.9 | 8.74 ± 1.03 | 0.0384 | <0.0001 | ||
| Bacon | g/d | 7.26 ± 0.55 | 5.06 ± 0.32 | 0.0025 | <0.0001 | ||
| Pâté | g/d | 6.76 ± 0.36 | 5.56 ± 0.24 | 0.0117 | <0.0001 | ||