Gut microbiota and obesity: a role for probiotics

L Abenavoli, E Scarpellini, C Colica, L Boccuto… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, obesity is one of the most prevalent human health problems. Research from the
last 30 years has clarified the role of the imbalance between energy intake and expenditure …

The human gut microbiota: Metabolism and perspective in obesity

AC Gomes, C Hoffmann, JF Mota - Gut microbes, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The gut microbiota has been recognized as an important factor in the development of
metabolic diseases such as obesity and is considered an endocrine organ involved in the …

The role of probiotics and prebiotics in the prevention and treatment of obesity

T Cerdó, JA García-Santos, M G. Bermúdez, C Campoy - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a global pandemic complex to treat due to its multifactorial pathogenesis—an
unhealthy lifestyle, neuronal and hormonal mechanisms, and genetic and epigenetic factors …

Impact of bacterial probiotics on obesity, diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease related variables: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised …

H Koutnikova, B Genser, M Monteiro-Sepulveda… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To systematically review the effect of oral intake of bacterial probiotics on 15
variables related to obesity, diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Design …

Novel noninvasive approaches to the treatment of obesity: from pharmacotherapy to gene therapy

AM Angelidi, MJ Belanger, A Kokkinos… - Endocrine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent insights into the pathophysiologic underlying mechanisms of obesity have led to the
discovery of several promising drug targets and novel therapeutic strategies to address the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of probiotics and synbiotics on weight loss in subjects with overweight or obesity: A systematic review

V Álvarez-Arraño, S Martín-Peláez - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intestinal microbiota has been shown to be a potential determining factor in the development
of obesity. The objective of this systematic review is to collect and learn, based on the latest …

Probiotics: how effective are they in the fight against obesity?

K Mazloom, I Siddiqi, M Covasa - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Obesity has been associated with structural and functional changes in the gut microbiota.
The abundance in, and diversity of, certain bacteria may favor energy harvest and metabolic …

Effects of daily consumption of the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 on anthropometric adiposity biomarkers in abdominally obese …

A Pedret, RM Valls, L Calderón-Pérez… - International journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Background The effects of probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145
(Ba8145) and those of its heat-killed form (hk Ba8145) on human anthropometric adiposity …

Effect of synbiotic supplementation on immune parameters and gut microbiota in healthy adults: a double-blind randomized controlled trial

X Li, S Hu, J Yin, X Peng, L King, L Li, Z Xu, L Zhou… - Gut …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Synbiotics are increasingly used by the general population to boost immunity. However,
there is limited evidence concerning the immunomodulatory effects of synbiotics in healthy …

Probiotics for the treatment of overweight and obesity in humans—a review of clinical trials

M Wiciński, J Gębalski, J Gołębiewski, B Malinowski - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 400 million people are obese, and over
1.6 billion adults are overweight worldwide. Annually, over 2.8 million people die from …