3. Results
3.1. Physical parameters
At baseline, body weight among diet groups was not different(Fig. 1). Throughout the rest of the study, the Soybean Oil grouphad higher body weight than the High Oleic Canola Oil, Canola Oil,and Canola–Flaxseed Oil groups. At week 4, the body weight of theSoybean Oil group was also higher than the Safflower Oil group,and at the end of the study, both the Soybean Oil and the Lard groups were higher than the three groups fed diets containingcanola oil. There were no differences in total feed intake, which ranged from 1992766 g/12 weeks to 21197458 g/12 weeks [29].Epididymal fat mass (expressed as percent of body weight) ranged from 2.7770.16 to 3.3470.10 and was not different amonggroups.