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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria used to evaluate the pre-selected articles

From: Diet-induced obesity in animal models: points to consider and influence on metabolic markers

Inclusion

Exclusion

Diet-induced obesity

The main objective was the induction and evaluation of obesity

Study must be done with Sprague–Dawley or Wistar rats, or with C57BL-/-6 mice strain

Original articles

Presence of a control group

Used commercial diets or produced them from standard ingredients

Published in the last 6 years (2015–2020)

Articles in English

Genetic manipulation

Drug-induced obesity

Surgically induced obesity

Main objective was the induction and/or evaluation of other diseases affect for obesity (diabetes, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, liver disease, dyslipidemia and surgery for weight loss)

Main objective was the induction and/or evaluation of other diseases (neurological diseases, cancer, rheumatological diseases, endocrine diseases, gynecological diseases and kidney diseases)

The objective was to evaluate weight loss

Studies in which there was no induction of obesity

Studies in which there was an intervention before the obesity induction period

Study on pregnancy and/or lactation model

Study of a smoking model

Study with humans

Study with cell culture

Study with non-rodent animals (ex: dogs, cats, birds, monkeys, rabbits …)

Review articles, letters to the reviewer and book chapters

Studies published in languages other than English