Animal study demonstrates persistent elevation of body weight after temporary obesigenic feeding in male mice, indicating that past energy imbalance sustains obesity through subtle intake increases.
Our results illustrate the importance of considering the history of energy imbalance in determining body weight and that a persistent elevation of body weight after removal of obesigenic diets can result from very small increases of energy intake.
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