Article: NSW: Fat rats provide insight into diabetes, heart disease link

Article: Fat rats in the lab of luxury
Natural History;  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... approach two pounds. But they pay a heavy price. The new-age fat rats have a greatly increased incidence of spontaneous tumors and ... suppliers may have unwittingly encouraged evolution toward fat rats by favoring as their breeding stock (that is, "selecting ...

Article: FAT RATS; Scandal of bosses' massive pay rises ...
The Mirror (London, England);  August 13, 1998 ;     463 words ... ... thought the fat cats had gone, a new breed has taken over - the fat rats. Their hunting grounds are water, electricity, gas and other ... Treasury Chief Secretary Stephen Byers yesterday branded the fat rats "greedy". TUC leader John Monks said it was "depressing ...

Article: `FAT RATS' WON'T REMAIN WITH NUGGETS BICKERSTAFF ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 23, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... much time placating unhappy players and characterized as ``fat rats'' players with large salaries who did not contribute to the ... last four spots on an NBA roster. ``We've got a lot of fat rats sitting around now making money, and they don't have the ...

Article: Fat rats dine out on discarded burgers, chips and ...
Sunday Tribune (South Africa);  November 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Britain is in danger of being overrun by super-sized "fat rats" which thrive on discarded junk food. The common brown rat ... a mess, attracts pests and is expanding the population of fat rats. Boozed-up revellers chucking out their chips and burgers ...

Article: India Breeds Fat Rats for Medical Research
Xinhua English Newswire;  June 23, 1997 ;     338 words ... ... grams per day and become too fat to even stand up. Among the fat rats, there is a group of animals which has "impaired glucose ... associated with obesity. The NIN currently maintains some 400 fat rats and further breeding has been stopped due to lack of space ...

Article: A PLAGUE ON THE FAT RATS.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England);  August 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... milking the consumer: us. Some fat cats should be called Fat Rats for the way they treat their workforce. Poor pay, longer ... We ordinary people have to work harder than ever to let the Fat Rats live in style. They are not underpaid, but some of us are ...

Article: Fat rats help explain beer bellies
Evening Standard - London;  November 1, 2000 ;     300 words ...BRITISH scientists have developed a strain of fat rats that could help explain why some middle-aged men develop beer bellies. The rats - known as Severe Late Onset Obesity, or Slobs ...