PMID- 26157640 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150709 LR - 20220129 IS - 2167-8359 (Print) IS - 2167-8359 (Electronic) IS - 2167-8359 (Linking) VI - 3 DP - 2015 TI - Mice that gorged during dietary restriction increased foraging related behaviors and differed in their macronutrient preference when released from restriction. PG - e1091 LID - 10.7717/peerj.1091 [doi] LID - e1091 AB - Caloric restriction (CR) can trigger gorging behavior. We examined macronutrient choice and behavior in mice that gorged during restriction compared to restricted non-gorgers and controls. Fifty MF1 male mice were restricted to 75% of ad-libitum food intake (FI), while ten controls were fed ad-lib. Body mass (BM) and FI were measured two and 24-h after food inclusion over 14-days. 'Gorging' mice were defined as those which ate over 25% of their daily FI in 2-h. The top 11 gorgers and the lowest 9 gorgers, along with 10 controls, had their behavior analysed during restriction, and were then provided with an unrestricted food choice, consisting of three diets that were high in fat, protein or carbohydrate. During restriction gorgers ate on average 51% of their daily FI in the 2-h following food introduction while the non-gorgers ate only 16%. Gorgers lost significantly more BM than non-gorgers possibly due to an increased physical activity linked to anticipation of daily food provision. Controls and non-gorgers spent most of their time sleeping. After restriction, both gorgers and non-gorgers were hyperphagic until their lost weight was regained. All 3 groups favoured high fat food. Gorgers and non-gorgers had a significantly greater high carbohydrate diet intake than controls, and gorgers also had a significantly greater high protein diet intake than non-gorgers and controls. On unrestricted food, they did not continue to gorge, although they still had a significantly greater 2-h FI than the other groups. Elevated protein intake may play an important role in the recovery of the lost lean tissue of gorgers after restriction. FAU - Hambly, Catherine AU - Hambly C AD - Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen , Aberdeen , UK. FAU - Speakman, John R AU - Speakman JR AD - Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen , Aberdeen , UK ; Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , China. LA - eng GR - BB/G009953/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150702 PL - United States TA - PeerJ JT - PeerJ JID - 101603425 PMC - PMC4493644 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Activity OT - Diet choice OT - Food restriction OT - Gorging OT - Macronutrient COIS- The authors declare there are no competing interests. EDAT- 2015/07/15 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/15 06:01 PMCR- 2015/07/02 CRDT- 2015/07/10 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/06/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/07/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/07/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2015/07/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1091 [pii] AID - 10.7717/peerj.1091 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PeerJ. 2015 Jul 2;3:e1091. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1091. eCollection 2015.