Figure 1.

Effect of taurine on body weight loss in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed ICR mice. (A) ICR mice were fed a normal chew diet, HFD, or HFD + taurine (2% in drinking water) for 28 weeks (n = 10/group). They were named as Normal group, HFD group, and HFD + Tau group, respectively. (B) Body composition of the three groups (n = 4) was analyzed with an LF50 body composition analyzer after each meal for 28 weeks. Differences between three groups were analyzed using the nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test. If a statistical difference was detected (p < 0.05), post-hoc pairwise group comparisons were performed using Dunn’s test with Bonferroni multiple-testing correction. Differences were considered statistically significantly at p < 0.05. *** p < 0.001; * p < 0.05; ns, not significant.