Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) and peptide YY (PYY) are released by the gut in response to nutrients and inhibit food intake in rodents and humans. We hypothesized that PP and PYY 3À36 would inhibit feeding additively. Fasted male C57BL/6 mice were injected intraperitoneally with saline, PP, PYY 3À36 or PP þ PYY 3À36 (n ¼ 7-10). Food intake at 1 h was significantly inhibited by 6 nmol kg À1 PP and by 6 nmol kg À1 PYY 3-36 (Po0.05) but not significantly following 3 nmol kg À1 PP þ 3 nmol kg À1 PYY 3À36 . In a higher dose study 30 nmol kg À1 PP, 30 nmol kg À1 PYY 3À36 and 30 nmol kg À1 PP þ 30 nmol kg À1 PYY 3À36 all inhibited 1 h food intake compared with saline (Po0.05) but there was no significant difference in the food intake of the combined group compared with either hormone individually. Subsequently, 16 fasted lean healthy human volunteers (6 men and 10 women) received, in random order, 90 min intravenous infusions of saline, 4 pmol kg À1 min À1 PP, 0.4 pmol kg À1 min À1 PYY 3À36 and 4 pmol kg À1 min À1 PP þ 0.4 pmol kg À1 min À1 PYY 3À36 . A pasta lunch was served 60 min following infusion. There was no evidence of a greater decrease in food intake with the combined PP þ PYY 3À36 treatment (buffet meal energy intake (KJ): saline 2633 ± 204, PP þ PYY 2693 ± 254, PP 2367 ± 199, PYY 2511 ± 196). These results suggest that PP and PYY 3À36 do not inhibit feeding additively in rodents or humans.