Body weight and depot fat changes as influenced by exercise and dietary fat sources in adult BHE rats.
Adult male BHE rats were fed diets containing 15% of either corn oil (CO) or medium chain triglycerides (MCT) as the dietary source of fat. Further, rats were allowed to remain sedentary or were forced to exercise by swimming for 1 hour daily, for 3 weeks, followed by swimming for 2 hours daily for 3 weeks. The exercise for 3 weeks caused significant reductions in average body weight gains. After 6 weeks of exercise the lipid content of the adipose cells was reduced by about 50%. Fat cell numbers were not changed by either fat source or exercise, but fat cell size was significantly reduced after swimming daily for 6 weeks.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009821:Oils / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size; D005082:Physical Exertion; D051381:Rats; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D003313:Zea mays
D004041:Dietary Fats; D009821:Oils; D014280:Triglycerides