Fig. 2

a Mean daily food intake in male (M) and female (F) rats reared in litters of 4 (L4) or 12 (L12) pups from the time they were weaned until the end of the study at postnatal day (PND) 150. The mean daily food intake during the b first, c second, d third, and e fourth weeks postweaning (PW). f The mean percentage of inguinal adipose tissue (IngAT) starting at PND10 and g perigonadal adipose tissue (PgAT) starting at PND21 in rats throughout development. At PND10, PgAT was unappreciable. #p < 0.0001. a = M4 different from M12, b = F4 different from F12, c = M4 different from F4, d = M12 different from F12. #p < 0.0001. BW body weight. N = a minimum of six for each experimental group and at each age