Weight, food intake and body composition of mice submitted to a 10-week SBA protocol followed by a 10-week recovery protocol (REC).

<p>Measures were performed on mice in standard conditions (CT) or separated and submitted to food access restriction (SBA). <i>A</i>: body weights were recorded before the eating period (beginning of the dark phase). <i>B</i>: Cumulative food intake was recorded for each group as the sum of the mean food intake per mouse from day 1 to day 140. <i>C–E</i>: Fat mass, lean mass and bone mineral content respectively were evaluated for each animal at the beginning and after 2, 5 and 10 weeks of SBA protocol or after 10 weeks of SBA protocol followed by 2 or 10 weeks of housing in standard conditions. Data represent mean ± SEM; n = 6–10/group. In <i>A</i>, differences were tested by a 2-way Anova followed by a Bonferroni post-hoc test. SBA values are significantly different from CT values from day 1 to day 70 <i>(</i>*<i>p</i><0.0001). In <i>B</i>, <i>C</i>, <i>D</i> and E, *<i>p</i><0.05, **<i>p</i><0.005, when compared to corresponding CT value; ^‡<i>p</i><0.05, ^‡‡<i>p</i><0.005 when compared to the previous value of the same group.