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Front cover: Alternating or continuous exposure to cafeteria diet leads to similar shifts in gut microbiota compared to chow diet
Author(s) -
Kaakoush Nadeem O.,
Martire Sarah I.,
Raipuria Mukesh,
Mitchell Hazel M.,
Nielsen Shaun,
Westbrook R. Fred,
Morris Margaret J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
molecular nutrition and food research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.495
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1613-4133
pISSN - 1613-4125
DOI - 10.1002/mnfr.201770011
Subject(s) - cafeteria , gut flora , front cover , biology , zoology , food science , medicine , endocrinology , immunology , cover (algebra) , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Mol. Nutr. Food Res . 2017, 61 , 1500815. DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201500815 Rats either continuously fed chow or Western‐style cafeteria diet are compared to a “cycled” group switched between the two diets over 16 weeks. Cafeteria rats weigh 36% and cycled rats 18% more than controls, with metabolic parameters intermediate between the other groups. The gut microbiota of cycled rats is nearly indistinguishable from rats under constant cafeteria diet, and both groups are significantly different to the chow group. Artwork by Shyam Prakaash Bhagavata.