BMAL1 and Obesity: Furthermore, Arntl was found necessary for β-cell adaptative growth, survival, and metabolic adjustment to diet-induced obesity in mice (Rakshit et al., 2016), whilst whole-body Clock mutant mice (ClockΔ19) are characterized by age-dependent damped feeding rhythms, obesity, hyperphagy, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, hypoinsulinemia, and hepatic steatosis (Rudic et al., 2004; Turek et al., 2005; Marcheva et al., 2010).