Cafeteria Diet Is a Robust Model of Human Metabolic Syndrome With Liver and Adipose Inflammation: Comparison to High‐Fat Diet

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide and reports estimate that American children consume up to 25% of calories from snacks. Several animal models of obesity exist, but studies are lacking that compare high‐fat diets (HFD) traditionally used in rodent models of diet‐induced obesity (DIO) to diets consisting of food regularly consumed by humans, including high‐salt, high‐fat, low‐fiber, energy dense foods such as cookies, chips, and...