Previous studies have shown that EGCG treatment (5–10 g
EGCG/kg diet) reduced BW in mice fed a high-fat diet (12,13).
The presently used dose of 3.2 g EGCG/kg diet in mice, which
corresponds to 10 200-mL cups of green tea (containing 2 g tea
leaves per cup) per day, may represent a more attainable dose
than those previously reported in weight loss studies with animal
models. Future studies are needed to determine whether there is
a dose-response effect of EGCG on weight gain produced by a
high-fat diet.