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The impact of perinatal probiotic intervention on the development of overweight and obesity: follow-up study from birth to 10 years

Authors: Luoto R, Kalliomaki M, Laitinen K, Isolauri E

Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

Publication year: 2010

Journal: International Journal of Obesity

Journal name in source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Journal acronym: INT J OBESITY

Number in series: 10

Volume: 34

Issue: 10

First page : 1531

Last page: 1537

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 0307-0565

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2010.50

Abstract

Conclusions: Early gut microbiota modulation with probiotics may modify the growth pattern of the child by restraining excessive weight gain during the first years of life. This novel observation calls for further epidemiological and clinical trials, with precise data on early growth patterns and on confounding factors influencing weight development. International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 1531-1537; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.50; published online 16 March 2010