Figure 1.

Acute stress reduces energy intake and body weight gain. Although a 1 h restraint stress (n = 6) did not reduce feeding at early (A) or late (B) time points compared to 1 h homecage without food (HC; n = 7), a 2 h restraint (n = 14) resulted in decreased food intake at 1 and 2 h (D; early feeding), and 22 h post‐stress (E; late feeding) compared to 2 h homecage without food (HC; n = 13). Body weight gain was reduced at all time points after a 2 h stress episode (F) and at 24 h after 1 h of restraint (C). Individual results are shown with mean ± SEM indicated by the bars. *P < 0.05, significantly different from HC unstressed group.