Abstract:[Objective] To explore the effects of metabolic obesity on bone metabolism in male Sprague-Dawg rats in youth (17 weeks of age) and adulthood (27 weeks of age). [Methods] Forty 5-week-old male SD rats were randomly divided into the normal diet (ND) group and high-fat diet (HFD) group, and were fed with ND and HFD until 17 and 27 weeks, respectively. The serum bone metabolism markers were detected, micro CT examination and three point bending mechanical test were performed. [Results] Although there were no significant differences in serum Ca, P, PINP and CTX between the two groups at 17 weeks of age (P>0.05), the HFD group had significantly lower PINP, while significantly higher CTX than the ND group at 27 weeks of age (P<0.05). The body weight and muscle mass of the animals significantly increased with age (P<0.05). Compared with the ND group, the Tb.vBMD, Tb.BV /TV and Tb.N significantly decreased (P<0.05), while Tb. Sp significantly increased in the HFD group at 17 weeks of age (P<0.05). In addition, the Tb.vBMD, Tb.BV /TV, Tb.th, Tb.n significantly de- creased (P<0.05) while the Tb. Sp and SMI significantly increased in HFD group at 24 weeks of age (P<0.05). Compared with those at 17 weeks of age, the maximum load, maximum fracture load, energy absorption, toughness, ultimate tensile strength and elastic modulus signifi- cantly increased in the ND group at 27 weeks of age (P<0.05), while the maximum load and energy absorption significantly increased in the HFD group (P<0.05), without significant difference in other biomechanical indexes (P>0.05). Despite there was no significant difference in the above indexes between the two groups at 17 weeks of age (P<0.05), HFD group got significantly decreased above items compared with the ND group at 24 weeks of age (P<0.05). [Conclusion] This metabolic obesity does reduce formation markers, while increase bone resorption markers. The bone microstructure changes appear in the adolescents, while the bone microstructure damage worsens in the adult with bone strength decreases