Obese rats avoid the development of fatty liver with exercise

"The purpose of the present study was to assess the effect of an exercise training program conducted concurrently with a high-fat (HF)-diet regimen on the induction of hepatic steatosis," scientists in Canada reported.

"Two groups of rats were fed either a standard (SD) or a HF (40% kcal) diet for 8 weeks (wk) and were additionally assigned either to a sedentary (Sed) or a treadmill-trained (TR) group. Training (5 days/wk) was initiated at the same time as the HF diet and was progressively increased, reaching 60 minutes at 26 m/min, 10% grade, for the last 4 wk," M.S. Gauthier and...

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