Probiotics in prevention and treatment of obesity: A critical view

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kobyliak, Nazarii ^a   Conte, Caterina ^a   Cammarota, Giovanni ^a   Haley, Andreana P ^b   Styriak, Igor ^c   Gaspar, Ludovit ^d   Fusek, Jozef ^e   Rodrigo, Luis ^f   Kruzliak, Peter ^f,g,h  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

^f Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA)   (Spain)

^g MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Intestinal microflora; Obesity; Prevention; Probiotics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METFORMIN; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VSL3; YOGHURT;

ACETOBACTER; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPETITE; BACTEROIDETES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FIRMICUTES; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; WESTERN DIET;

EID: 84959019280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12986-016-0067-0     Document Type: Review

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