Figure 8: Food intake in grams throughout the study period. D+A; diabetic mice treated with Vitamin A.*P<0.05 compared to control nondiabetic mice. **P<0.05 compared to diabetic mice.
Body fat was examined at week 4,8,12 and 16. At week 4 all mice groups did not show a significance difference in their fat masses. At weeks 8, 12 and 16 untreated diabetic mice showed a significant increase in their fat mass (16.3±10.8g, 16.4±10.7g, 22.3± 20.4g, P <0.05, respectively) compared with that of normal mice. Meanwhile, at weeks 8, 12, and 16; Vitamin A treated diabetic mice showed a significant decrease in their fat mass (7.8± 6.2 g, 8.3±2.5 g, 5.1± 3.3 g,P <0.05, respectively) compared with that of untreated diabetic mice (Figure 9).