Table 1.

Diet numbers and composition used in mouse and rat obesity studies.

	MOUSE						RAT
DIET	Low Fat Low Sugar (LFLS)		Low Fat High Sugar (LFHS)		High Fat High Sugar (HFHS)		High-Fat (HF)
Product #	D11092101		D19043002		D15031601		D12344
(Research Diets)	g %	kcal %	g %	kcal %	g %	kcal %	g %	kcal %
Protein	20.3	20.8	20.3	20.8	24.0	20.8	24.6	20.8
Carbohydrate	66.0	67.7	66.0	67.7	45.2	39.2	39.7	33.1
Fat	5.0	11.5	5.0	11.5	20.5	40.0	24.6	46.1
Total		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
kCal/gram	3.90		3.90		4.61		4.80
Ingredient	grams	kcal	grams	kcal	grams	kcal	grams	kcal
Casein, Lactic	200	800	200	800	200	800	200	800
DL-Methionine	3	12	3	12	3	12	3	12
Corn Starch	531	2124	278	1110	-	-	163	650
Maltodextrin	119	476	80	320	80	320	150	600
Sucrose	-	-	293	1170	293	1170	-	-
Cellulose BW200	50	-	50	-	50	-	50	-
Milk Fat (Butter)	11	99	11	99	134	1209
Corn Oil	39	351	39	351	39	351	200	1800
Minerals Mix S10001	35	-	35	-	35	-	35	-
Vitamin Mix V10001	10	40	10	40	10	40	10	40
Choline Bitartrate	2	-	2	-	2	-	2	-
Cholesterol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1000.0	3902.0	1000.0	3902.0	845.8	3902.1	812.5	3902.0

Bold values indicate key differences in the fat and sucrose content of the diets, as described in the text