Probiotics and obesity: A link?

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 616-

  Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FIRMICUTES; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; OBESITY; PROBIOTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 69249124895     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2209     Document Type: Editorial

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