scholarly journals Economic Stress and Body Weight During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 232102222110539
Author(s):  
Nathalie Mathieu-Bolh
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Substitution Effect ◽  
Economic Stress ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Stress Constraint ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Consumption Decisions ◽  
Stress Eating

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused income loss for many households, disrupting food consumption patterns and contributing to weight loss for some, and weight gain for others. In this article, I build a dynamic theoretical model that explains those empirical facts. The novelty of this paper is to incorporate stress caused by a lower than ideal income (economic stress) in a model of optimal intertemporal food consumption decisions made by a rational eater. In this framework, economic stress causes disutility and individuals can cope by increasing high-calorie food consumption (stress eating). The limitation to this coping mechanism is that being overweight from excessive calorie intake also decreases utility. Thus, a decrease in income causes updates of the constraints faced by rational consumers of food, which are a budget constraint, a stress constraint and a weight gain constraint. As a consequence, the effect of a decrease in income on body weight reflects a competing income effect as well as two effects specific to economic stress, which are an intertemporal substitution effect and a stress eating effect. Those effects explain opposite weight patterns observed during the pandemic. JEL Classification: D11, D91, I12, I14

The effect of diet on some parameters measured in toxicological studies in the rat

1980 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. L. Clapp
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Dietary Protein ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Alanine Transaminase ◽  
Haematological Parameters ◽  
Transaminase Activity ◽  
Histological Studies ◽  
Toxicological Studies

The bodyweight, food consumption and various biochemical and haematological parameters were measured in, and breeding and histological studies made of, groups of rats fed 6 different diets. All diets acceptably supported reproduction. 1 diet restricted body weight gain by 30%, and increased plasma alanine transaminase activity. Nephrocalcinosis was seen in females fed diets with a calcium: phosphorous ratio of <1. Levels of dietary protein were positively correlated with the incidence of renal pelvic dilatation in offspring at 7 weeks of age.

Growth and Feeding Responses of Male versus Female Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Treated with Estradiol-17β

1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 1942-1948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Malison ◽  
Terrence B. Kayes ◽  
Bernard C. Wentworth ◽  
Clyde H. Amundson
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Carcass Composition ◽  
Competition For Food ◽  
Growth Differences ◽  
Estradiol 17Β

In yellow perch (Perca flavescens) (initially 13–16 g total weight) fed to satiation (3.0–3.5% of body weight per day), estradiol-17β (E2) at 15 μg/g diet stimulated weight gain and food consumption of both sexes but did not influence food conversion efficiency (FCE), as measured by weight gain of fish per weight of food consumed. Females fed to satiation gained more weight, consumed more food, and had higher FCE than males. In perch fed a restricted ration (1.2% of body weight per day), the differences between the sexes in weight gain were reduced and due entirely to differences in FCE, and weight gain was not improved by E2. Spatial segregation or integration of the sexes had no influence on sex-related growth patterns in perch fed either the satiation or restricted ration. Carcass composition of perch treated for 84 d with E2 at 2, 20, or 50 μg/g diet did not differ from that of controls. These data indicate that (1) estrogens promote growth in yellow perch by stimulating food consumption, (2) female perch outgrow males because of both greater food consumption and higher FCE, and (3) growth differences between the sexes are not a consequence of intersexual competition for food.

Tamarind Seed Polysaccharide

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Heimbach ◽  
Hiroshi Egawa ◽  
Palma Ann Marone ◽  
Mark R. Bauter ◽  
Elke Kennepohl
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Clinical Chemistry ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Feed Consumption ◽  
Test Substance ◽  
Tamarind Seed

Forty male and 40 female Crl:SD® CD® IGS rats were fed diets containing 0, 40 000, 80 000, or 120 000 ppm tamarind seed polysaccharide (equivalent to 3450.8, 6738.9, or 10 597.1 mg/kg bw/day and 3602.1, 7190.1, or 10 690.7 mg/kg bw/day for males and females, respectively) for 28 days. Animals were observed for adverse clinical signs, body weight, feed consumption, hematology and clinical chemistry parameters, urinalysis values were recorded, and at the end of the study the rats underwent a full necropsy. Functional Observational Battery (FOB) and Motor Activity (MA) tests were performed on all animals. There were no mortalities, no clinical or ophthalmologic signs, body weight, body weight gain, food consumption and food efficiency, FOB or MA findings associated with the administration of tamarind seed polysaccharide. Initial statistically significant decreases in body weight gain and food consumption resolved after the first week and were considered the result of reduced palatability. There were no adverse changes in hematology, coagulation, clinical chemistry or urinalysis parameters in male or female rats considered the result of test substance administration. At necropsy, there were no macroscopic, histopathological findings, estrus cycle, or organ weight changes deemed related to administration of the test substance. Under the conditions of this study and based on the toxicological endpoints evaluated, the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for tamarind seed polysaccharide in the diet was the highest concentration tested of 120 000 ppm (equivalent to 10 597 mg/kg bw/day and 10 691 mg/kg bw/day for male and female rats, respectively).

The pathogenic effects of Eimeria praecox and E. acervulina in the chicken

Parasitology ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Long
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Intestinal Permeability ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Eimeria Acervulina ◽  
No Weight Loss ◽  
Pathogenic Effects

Eimeria praecox produced less effect on body-weight gain and food consumption than E. acervulina. No deaths occurred and no weight loss followed infection with doses of oocysts up to 10. However, there was a depression of body-weight gain in birds infected with both species and changes in the permeability of the intestine were noted from as early as 3½ h after infection. This suggests that increased intestinal permeability is not the major factor in the greater pathogenicity of E. acervulina compared with E. praecox. Eimeria acervulina produced considerably greater effects on the host as evidenced by mortality, body weight gain and food consumption.I wish to thank Mr B. J. Millard and Mr M. Shirley for technical assistance and Dr B. M. Freeman for help with the statistics in Table 2.

scholarly journals Social Isolation Affects the Development of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Mice

Endocrinology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 148 (10) ◽  
pp. 4658-4666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsunori Nonogaki ◽  
Kana Nozue ◽  
Yoshitomo Oka
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Leptin Receptor ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Kkay Mice

Social isolation is associated with increased risks of mortality and morbidity. In this study, we show that chronic individual housing accelerated body weight gain and adiposity in KK mice but not C57BL6J mice, and fully developed diabetes in KKAy mice. Individually housed KK and KKAy mice increased body weight gain over the initial 2 wk without increased daily average food consumption compared with group-housed animals. The individually housed KK and KKAy mice then gradually increased food consumption for the next 1 wk. The chronic social isolation-induced obesity (SIO) was associated with hyperleptinemia and lower plasma corticosterone and active ghrelin levels but not hyperinsulinemia. Elevated plasma leptin in the SIO suppressed expression of 5-HT2C receptor in white adipose tissue. The SIO was also associated with decreased expression of β3-adrenergic receptors in white adipose tissue and hypothalamic leptin receptor, which might be secondary to the enhanced adiposity. Interestingly, social isolation acutely reduced food consumption and body weight gain compared with group-housed obese db/db mice with leptin receptor deficiency. Social isolation-induced hyperglycemia in KKAy mice was associated with increased expression of hepatic gluconeogenetic genes independent of insulin. These findings suggest that social isolation promotes obesity due to primary decreased energy expenditure and secondary increased food consumption, which are independent of the disturbed leptin signaling, in KK mice, and develops into insulin-independent diabetes associated with increased expression of hepatic gluconeogenetic genes in KKAy mice. Thus, social isolation can be included in the environmental factors that contribute to the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

scholarly journals The Effect of PPARα, PPARδ, PPARγ, and PPARpan Agonists on Body Weight, Body Mass, and Serum Lipid Profiles in Diet-Induced Obese AKR/J Mice

PPAR Research ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Wallace Harrington ◽  
Christy S. Britt ◽  
Joan G. Wilson ◽  
Naphtali O. Milliken ◽  
Jane G. Binz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Animal Models ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Antidiabetic Activity ◽  
Acid Oxidation ◽  
Receptor Subtypes ◽  
Fatty Acid Transport

Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)α,δ, andγsubtypes increases expression of genes involved in fatty acid transport and oxidation and alters adiposity in animal models of obesity and type-2 diabetes. PPARpan agonists which activate all three receptor subtypes have antidiabetic activity in animal models without the weight gain associated with selective PPARγagonists. Herein we report the effects of selective PPAR agonists (GW9578, a PPARαagonist, GW0742, a PPARδagonist, GW7845, a PPARγagonist), combination of PPARαandδagonists, and PPARpan (PPARα/γ/δ) activators (GW4148 or GW9135) on body weight (BW), body composition, food consumption, fatty acid oxidation, and serum chemistry of diet-induced obese AKR/J mice. PPARαor PPARδagonist treatment induced a slight decrease in fat mass (FM) while a PPARγagonist increased BW and FM commensurate with increased food consumption. The reduction in BW and food intake after cotreatment with PPARαandδagonists appeared to be synergistic. GW4148, a PPARpan agonist, induced a significant and sustained reduction in BW and FM similar to an efficacious dose of rimonabant, an antiobesity compound. GW9135, a PPARpan agonist with weak activity at PPARδ, induced weight loss initially followed by rebound weight gain reaching vehicle control levels by the end of the experiment. We conclude that PPARαand PPARδactivations are critical to effective weight loss induction. These results suggest that the PPARpan compounds may be expected to maintain the beneficial insulin sensitization effects of a PPARγagonist while either maintaining weight or producing weight loss.

scholarly journals Aerobic exercise attenuates the effects of ovariectomy and sedentarism on body composition and food intake in female rats

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederico Souzalima Caldoncelli FRANCO ◽  
Antônio José NATALI ◽  
Neuza Maria Brunoro COSTA
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Treadmill Running ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the impact of low to moderate aerobic exercise and ovariectomy on body composition and food consumption in female rats. Methods Forty adult Wistar female rats (age: 23 weeks; body weight: 275.2±3.6g; mean±SEM) were divided into 4 groups (n=10): laparotomy-sedentary; laparotomy-exercised; ovariectomy-sedentary; and ovariectomy-exercised. The exercised groups were submitted to a treadmill running program (16m/min; 30min/day, 5 days/week), for 8 weeks. Body weight and food consumption were monitored during the experiment. Visceral fat and carcass water, protein, ash, fat and carbohydrate fractions were analyzed. Two-way ANOVA plus the Tukey’s post hoc test was used for comparisons and p<0.05 was considered significant. Results The ovariectomized (ovariectomy-sedentary+ovariectomy-exercised) and sedentary (laparotomy-sedentary+ovariectomy-sedentary) animals showed higher (p<0.05) weight gain, food consumption, food efficiency ratio and weight gain/body weight ratio than laparotomy animals (laparotomy-sedentary+laparotomy-exercised) and exercised (exercised laparotomy+exercised ovariectomy), respectively. The ovariectomized and sedentary animals showed higher (p<0.05) carcass weight, fat percentage and visceral fat than laparotomy and exercised rats, respectively. Conclusion Ovariectomy and physical inactivity increase obesogenic indicators, whereas regular aerobic exercise of low to moderate intensity attenuates these unfavorable effects in female rats.

scholarly journals Targeted leptin receptor blockade: role of ventral tegmental area and nucleus of the solitary tract leptin receptors in body weight homeostasis

2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Matheny ◽  
K Y E Strehler ◽  
M King ◽  
N Tümer ◽  
P J Scarpace
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Ventral Tegmental Area ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Leptin Receptor ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Solitary Tract ◽  
Leptin Receptors ◽  
Ventral Tegmental

The present investigation examined whether leptin stimulation of ventral tegmental area (VTA) or nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) has a role in body weight homeostasis independent of the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH). To this end, recombinant adeno-associated viral techniques were employed to target leptin overexpression or overexpression of a dominant negative leptin mutant (leptin antagonist). Leptin antagonist overexpression in MBH or VTA increased food intake and body weight to similar extents over 14 days in rats. Simultaneous overexpression of leptin in VTA with antagonist in MBH resulted in food intake and body weight gain that were less than with control treatment but greater than with leptin alone in VTA. Notably, leptin overexpression in VTA increased P-STAT3 in MBH along with VTA, and leptin antagonist overexpression in the VTA partially attenuated P-STAT3 levels in MBH. Interestingly, leptin antagonist overexpression elevated body weight gain, but leptin overexpression in the NTS failed to modulate either food intake or body weight despite increased P-STAT3. These data suggest that leptin function in the VTA participates in the chronic regulation of food consumption and body weight in response to stimulation or blockade of VTA leptin receptors. Moreover, one component of VTA-leptin action appears to be independent of the MBH, and another component appears to be related to leptin receptor-mediated P-STAT3 activation in the MBH. Finally, leptin receptors in the NTS are necessary for normal energy homeostasis, but mostly they appear to have a permissive role. Direct leptin activation of NTS slightly increases UCP1 levels, but has little effect on food consumption or body weight.

EFFECT OF DECREASED DIETARY PROTEIN ON THE RATE OF THYROID HORMONE SECRETION AND FOOD CONSUMPTION IN RATS

1971 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. SINGH ◽  
R. R. ANDERSON ◽  
C. W. TURNER
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Control Period ◽  
The Body ◽  
Protein Diet ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Casein Diet ◽  
Protein Free Diet

SUMMARY One hundred and twenty albino female rats (Sprague-Dawley-Rolfsmeyer) were divided into five equal groups. Rates of thyroxine secretion (TSR) and food consumption were determined during the control period, and 10 and 25 days after initiation of dietary treatment. Animals in each group served as their own controls for the following modifications of their diet: (1) protein-free diet, (2) 5% protein (casein) diet, (3) 10% protein diet, (4) 15% protein diet, and (5) 20% protein diet. Purina lab chow (23·4% protein) and the 20% casein diet served as control diets. The TSR, the body weight and amount of food consumed were depressed significantly in the group fed on a protein-free diet for 10 and 25 days. The group fed 5% protein diet had a non-significant decrease in TSR as compared with the controls. Similarly, TSR was not reduced by 10, 15 or 20% protein diets. Food consumption decreased significantly in the groups fed a 5, 10 and 15% protein diet, but not in the group on 20% casein. Body weight decreased significantly in the groups on a protein-free diet and on a 5% protein diet. It would appear from these results that protein content of the diet does not become a limiting factor for TSR until it is lower than 5%. It is suggested that the calorie intake plays a more important role in regard to TSR than a low protein content of the food.

scholarly journals Effects of Papaya Seed Oil (Carica papaya Linn.) on Food Consumption, Weight Gain and Hormones of Animals Treated With a High Calorie Diet

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1245-1245
Author(s):  
Lidiani Santana ◽  
Diana Aquino ◽  
Bruna Espirito Santo ◽  
Adriana Guércio ◽  
Mariana Tatara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Seed Oil ◽  
Saline Treatment ◽  
Calorie Diet ◽  
Hypercaloric Diet ◽  
High Calorie Diet ◽  
Papaya Seed ◽  
High Calorie

Abstract Objectives To evaluate the effects of papaya seed oil (Carica papaya Linn.) on food consumption, weight gain and hormonal of animals treated with a high calorie diet. Methods The project was approved by protocol no980/2018 (CEUA). Swiss, male, adult mice were used and divided into the experimental groups: control group (CT - Nuvital® diet - saline treatment), AIN-93M group (AIN-93M diet - saline treatment), HPL group (hypercaloric diet - saline treatment), HPL OS group (hypercaloric diet - soybean oil treatment), HPL AZ group (hypercaloric diet - olive oil treatment) and HPL OM group (hypercaloric diet - papaya seed oil treatment). The animals received treatment daily by gavage, 1 mL/kg, for 8 weeks. Body weight and food consumption were evaluated (Camry® analytical digital scale). At the end of the experiment, the animals were submitted to euthanasia and the blood was collected for quantification of leptin, insulin and resistin (commercial kit MADKMAG-71K®-Merck). The results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation, using Prisma 5.0 software (GraphPad Software, USA) (P ≤ 0.05).It was observed that the papaya seed oil reduced food consumption and body weight, as well as increased the concentration of leptin, maintaining insulin and resistin, thus being effective in combating the metabolic changes caused by the high fat diet. Results In the first month of the study, food consumption was lower in the HPL AZ and HPL OM groups than in the CT (P &lt; 0.005), and in the second month all groups that received HPL diet consumed less if compared to the CT, being that HPL OM have significantly lower consumption than groups AIN-93M, CT and HPL (P &lt; 0.05). At the beginning of the experiment, all animals were weighed and evenly distributed in the groups (P = 0.938). In the first and second weeks, HLP OM had a lower weight than HLP OS and HPL (P &lt; 0.05). In the weeks that followed, the weight gain of the HLP OM group was lower compared to the groups that received a high-fat diet, but without significant difference. In the evaluation of the hormone leptin, a higher value was found in the HPL OM group (P &lt; 0.001), with values of resistin and insulin similar to the control groups. Conclusions It was observed that the papaya seed oil reduced food consumption and body weight, as well as increased the concentration of leptin, maintaining insulin and resistin. Funding Sources CNPQ.

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