Table 2.

Initial and final body weight, food intake and food efficiency of Zucker Lean rats (ZL); Zucker Diabetic rats (ZDF); Zucker Diabetic rats treated with metformin (ZDF (M)); Zucker Diabetic rats fed with a CCB rich-diet (ZDF (CCB)), and Zucker Diabetic rats treated with metformin and fed with a CCB rich-diet (ZDF (CCB + M)). Data represent the means ± SD of 6–8 animals. Means in a row without a common letter differ, p < 0.05.

	ZL	ZDF	ZDF (M)	ZDF (CCB)	ZDF (CCB + M)
Initial Body weight (g)	278 ± 9 a	340 ± 11 b	341 ± 20 b	337 ± 26 b	338 ± 23 b
Final Body weight (g)	377 ± 17 a	393 ± 13 ab	423 ± 38 b	384 ± 26 ab	411 ± 30 ab
Body weight gain (g)	98 ± 10 a	55 ± 8 b	93 ± 17 a	63 ± 5 b	74 ± 14 c
Total food intake (g in 12 weeks)	1547 ± 61 a	2491 ± 38 b	2390 ± 44 b	2466 ± 39 b	2372 ± 48 b
Food Efficiency (body weight gain/total food intake) (%)	6.4 ± 0.6 a	2.2 ± 0.3 b	3.9 ± 0.7 c	2.5 ± 0.2 bd	3.1 ± 0.6 d