“…The rats were assigned to four groups according to the protocol of exercise training and the type of diet offered: the first group fed with an SD and was sedentary (SDS), the second group that was fed with an HFD and was also sedentary (HFDS), and the third and fourth groups that were fed with an HFD and underwent exercise training (HFDT) for 21 weeks. Endurance swimming was used as a model for exercise intervention and was adapted from Pejon, Gobatto, Fabrício, & Beck (2020) . Exercise was performed three times a week at the same time of the day (9:00–11:00 AM) for 4 weeks.…”