The intestinal microbiota composition and weight development in children: The KOALA Birth Cohort Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-25

  Scheepers, L E J M ^a   Penders, J ^a,b   Mbakwa, C A ^a   Thijs, C ^a   Mommers, M ^a   Arts, I C W ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84920667013     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.178     Document Type: Article

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