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These images of liver tissue show the difference in fat accumulation between two groups of mice fed a high-fat diet.
A mouse allowed to eat 24 hours a day (left) had much higher levels of liver fat (white) than one restricted to an 8-hour daily feeding window (right).
Image: Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Satchidananda Panda, associate professor in the Salk's Regulatory Biology Laboratory and postdoctoral researcher Megumi Hatori.
Image: Courtesy of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies