title: Weight gain in postweaned rats as a function of predictable and unpredictable feeding schedules.
abstract: In two experiments rats given unpredictable feeding schedules gained less weight over a 24 or 30 day training period than rats which consumed an equivalent amount of food on a predictable schedule. These results suggest that irregular feeding schedules disrupt food utilization.
authors: Department of Psychology, Salisbury State College, MD 21801.
authors: R R
authors: RR
authors: Ulm
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Volpicelli
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Cerpa
authors: K
authors: K
authors: McIntyre
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D006128:Growth; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats / Q000254:growth & development*; D013997:Time Factors