Sweet food improves chronic stress-induced irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms in rats

Figure 2 Time-dependent changes of body weight (A), food consumption (B), caloric efficiency (C), and consumption rate of sweet food (D) in each group for 6 wk. There were significant differences in body weight between control and treated groups. Total food consumption and caloric intake were significantly reduced in the chronic variable stress-B (CVS-B) group only. Denotes significant differences among groups based on one-way analysis of variance and the Bonferroni test (^aP < 0.05 vs other groups).