by Cristina Sáez
Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, associate professor in the Department of Medicine of the New York University School of Medicine (NYU), has discovered that cesarean delivery can increase the risk of obesity via the gut microbiota.
by Andreu Prados
A new study has found that high-fat diets can alter how bacteria and fungi communicate in mouse intestines, contributing to obesity.
by Kristina Campbell
A new research project carried out by scientists in Alabama and Ohio (USA) concludes that diet may be a critical factor in gut microbiota dysbiosis.
by Paul Enck
A new study has found that gut microbiome diversity is more influenced by a Westernized diet than a high body mass index.
The main researchers behind those successful and ambitious projects attended the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit held in Paris, in March 2017, where we could interview them.
One of the leading theories on the mechanisms that lead to obesity, based on evidence from both mouse and human models, incorporates both the gut microbiota and some inflammatory processes.
by Andreu Prados
A recent randomized has found that prebiotic supplementation may influence appetite control and energy intake in children with overweight and obesity.
Scientists think the gut microbiota plays a pivotal role in how fiber benefits health that is mainly down to short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs).
by Andreu Prados
A recent cross-sectional study, led by Prof. Tim Spector and Dr. Jordana Bell from the Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London (United Kingdom), has found that the human faecal microbiome is related to abdominal adiposity.
by Kristina Campbell
Individuals may experience recurrent weight gain and re-emergence of metabolic complications, a phenomenon sometimes called the "yo-yo effect". But growing evidence of the role of gut microbiota in obesity and metabolic health may bring the potential to address this problem in new ways.
