adipose tissue
• females, but not males, fed a Western diet exhibit decreased adiposity
• however, food intake is not different from wild-type mice and body weight is not altered
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homeostasis/metabolism
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• whole body glucose tolerance is not affected and mice maintain normal fasting insulin levels when fed a chow or Western diet
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• females fed a chow diet show lower respiratory exchange ratio during the light cycle compared to wild-type mice
• however, females fed a Western diet do not show this change in respiratory exchange ratio and females fed a Western or chow diet show similar oxygen consumption and locomotor activity to wild-type mice
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