Influence of the human intestinal microbiome on obesity and metabolic dysfunction

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 496-501

  Tilg, Herbert ^a   Adolph, Timon E ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

diet; immunity; Keywords antibiotics; metabolic disease; obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LACTULOSE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSBIOSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC DISORDER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANT WOMAN;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN;

EID: 84954362581     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000234     Document Type: Review

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