title: The role of motor activity in diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6J mice.
abstract: Previous research in our laboratory has demonstrated that the C57BL/6J (B/6J) mouse has a predisposition to develop severe obesity if placed on a high-fat diet. In the present study we assessed the role of physical activity in this phenomenon. Obesity-prone B/6J and obesity-resistant A/J mice were placed on one of four diets; high fat/high sucrose, high fat/low sucrose, low fat/high sucrose, and low fat/low sucrose. After 4 months, all animals on the high-fat diets had gained more weight than animals on the low-fat diets, and this phenomenon was greatly exaggerated in B/6J mice. Despite the fact that B/6J mice gained more weight than A/J mice on high-fat diets without consuming more calories, spontaneous motor activity was elevated in B/6J mice compared to A/J mice. There was no effect of the diets on activity either within or across strains. These data suggest that predisposition to diet-induced obesity is not explainable by reduced levels of physical activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition Center of Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Brownlow
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petro
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Feinglos
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Surwit
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000235:genetics; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A / Q000235:genetics; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL / Q000235:genetics; D008820:Mice, Obese / Q000235:genetics; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004041:Dietary Fats; D007328:Insulin