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regimens on weight and lipid profiles in rat, thirty female Wistar rats,
after 10 day acclimatization period, were weighed and randomly assigned
into two equal groups. They were fed the same food for 60 days as eight
meals at 2 h intervals starting from 6 pm (nibbling group) or as two meals
at 9 pm and 6 am (gorging group). The serum lipid levels and weight of
animals were determined before and after the intervention. The body weight
in two groups increased significantly (p<0.001) during the period of
study but there was no significant (p>0.05) difference between two
groups before and after the intervention. Nibbling regimen caused a reduction
in the serum Total Cholesterol (TC), triglyceride and LDL-C levels, whereas
these parameters increased during gorging diet. However, none of these
changes were significant. There was a significant decrease (p<0.05)
in TC and LDL-C levels in nibbling diet compared to gorging one. According
to obtained results, nibbling regimen has better effect on lipid profile
than gorging one in rat.]]>Arnold, L.M., M.J. Ball, A.W. Duncan and J. Mann,199357446451Arnold, L.M., M.J. Ball and J. Mann,1994108167174Bertelsen, J., C. Christiansen, C. Thomsen, P.L. Poulsen and S. Vestergaard et al.,19931647Beydoun, M.A. and Y. Wang,200862303313Brayan, J., S. Osendarp, D. Hughes, E. Calvaresi, K. Baghurst and J.W. Van-Klin,200462295306Chiva, M.,199777S21S28Drummond, S., N. Crombie and T.A. Kirk,199650779783Edelstein, S.L., E.L. Breett-Conner, D.L. Wingard and B.A. Cohn,199255664669Gatenby, S.J.,199777S7S20Jenkins, D.J.A., T.M.S. Wolever and V. Vuksan,1989321929934Jenkins, D.J.A., A. Ocana, A.L. Jenkins, T.M. Wolever and V. Vuksan et al.,199255461467Jenkins, D.J.A., A. Khan, A.L. Jenkins, R. Illingworth and A.S. Pappu et al.,199544549555Jordan, J.A. and M.A. Novascone,198921924Juhel, C., Y. Pafumi, M. Senft, H. Lafont and D. lairon,200083549559Kral, J.G., M.C. Buckley, H.R. Kissileff and F. Schaffner,200125258264Maislos, M., Y. Abou-Rabiah, I. Zuili, S. Iordash and S. Shany,199852127130Mcgrath, S.A. and M.J. Gibney,199448402407Metzner, H.L., D.E. Lamphiear, N.C. Wheeler and F.A. Larkin,197730712715Miller, D.S. and P. Mumford,19731973pp: 195-207pp: 195-207Murphy, M.C., C. Chapman and J.A. Lovegrove,199650491497Ozelci, A., D.R. Romsos and G.A. leveille,197710717681774Ozelci, A., D.R. Romsos and G.A. Leveille,197810811281136Pala, V., S. Sieri, G. Masala, D. Palli and S. Panico et al.,200616186201Peters, J.R., J. Rhodes and D.R. Owens,197911524525Rashidi, M.R., S. Mahboob and R. Sattarivand,200324945948Sarkar, D., S.A. Latif, M.M. Uddin, J. Aich and S.R. Sutradhar et al.,2007167076Segura, A.G., R.G. Josse and T.M.S. Wolever,19958331338Sharrett, A.R., P.D. Sorlie, L.E. Clumbless, A.R. Folsom, R.G. Hatchinson and G. Heis,1999149843852Shimizu, K., S. Tekada, H. Noji, N. Hirose and Y. Ebihara et al.,200349133138Singh, P.N., J. Sabate and G.E. Fraser,200378526S532SSitren, H. and N.R. Stevenson,197810813931401Solomons, N.,200413S21S22Wadhawa, P.S., E.A. Young, K. Schmidt, C.E. Elson and D.J. Pringle,197326823830Waijers, P.M., M.C. Ocke, C.T. van Rossum, P.H. Peeters and C. Bamia et al.,20068311701176Wilhelmine, P.H.G., V. Verboeket and R. Klaas,199145161169Young, C.M., D.L. Frankel, V. Simko and L. lutwak,197159473480