Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Eating and obesity: Is the effort its own reward?
- Journal:
- Current biology : CB
- Year:
- 2025
- Authors:
- Myers, Kevin P
- Affiliation:
- Department of Psychology and Programs in Animal Behavior and Neuroscience · United States
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
Palatable high-fat diets reliably cause overeating and weight gain in lab animals. New experiments demonstrate that this overeating doesn't occur when mice work to earn the food, raising important questions about motivation to overeat and the methods used to model obesity in animal studies.
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Search related cases →Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40695237/