http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/gene%e2%80%94not-diet%e2%80%94makes-mice-obese/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/gene%e2%80%94not-diet%e2%80%94makes-mice-obese/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Lou Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:30:05 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=3993#comment-551 Based on this statement, “The knockout mice are not exercising any more than the control mice used in the study. They’re just burning more energy,” in the article, the answer would be that they would indeed require more energy via calories. The extra calories would come from either high fat foods or just a lot more of the normal food. But obese people have an abundance of stored calories already and when they have reached a desired or more healthy state, they could discontinue taking the proposed drug that acts as the "off switch". Based on this statement, “The knockout mice are not exercising any more than the control mice used in the study. They’re just burning more energy,” in the article, the answer would be that they would indeed require more energy via calories. The extra calories would come from either high fat foods or just a lot more of the normal food. But obese people have an abundance of stored calories already and when they have reached a desired or more healthy state, they could discontinue taking the proposed drug that acts as the “off switch”.

]]> http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/gene%e2%80%94not-diet%e2%80%94makes-mice-obese/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Kat Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:12:50 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=3993#comment-458 That's what I was wondering. Do the mice on the inhibator NEED a high fat diet? That’s what I was wondering. Do the mice on the inhibator NEED a high fat diet?

]]> http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/gene%e2%80%94not-diet%e2%80%94makes-mice-obese/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Sydney Pettygrove Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:11:02 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=3993#comment-380 What happens if a knock out mouse is fed the standard, 4.5 percent of calories from fat diet? What happens if a knock out mouse is fed the standard, 4.5 percent of calories from fat diet?

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