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Scientists in Israel, the United States and Denmark zero in on obesity

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 18th, 2006

Studies from Israel, the United States and Denmark yield new obesity data.

Study 1: Current study results from the report, "Weight gain and maternal behavior in CCK1 deficient rats," have been published. According to recent research published in the journal Physiology & Behavior, "The OLETF rat model of obesity has been extensively studied as an adult model of hyperphagia-induced obesity. In order to better understand the early circumstances that make OLETF pups obese, we investigated body weight from postnatal day (PND) 1 and examined diurnal maternal behavior over the first three postpartum weeks by undisturbed observations."

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