QHYH further increased body weight of GK rats fed with high fat diet.

<p>Body weight of rats from each group (A), body weight gain after 16 weeks of intervention (B), ratio of epididymal fat to body weight after 16 weeks of intervention (C) and the average calorie intake of each rat from different groups (D) were presented. ND: normal diet; HFD: high fat diet; HFD-QH: high fat diet plus 3 ml/Kg/day QHYH given via gastric tube twice a day. Values and bars represent means±SEM at each time point. *denote <i>P</i><0.05 for chance differences versus group ND. △ denotes <i>P</i><0.05 versus group HFD.