Role of Gut Microbiota in the Aetiology of Obesity: Proposed Mechanisms and Review of the Literature

The aetiology of obesity has been attributed to several factors (environmental, dietary, lifestyle, host, and genetic factors); however none of these fully explain the increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide. Gut microbiota located at the interface of host and environment in the gut are a ne...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Jaffar Khan, Konstantinos Gerasimidis, Christine Ann Edwards, M. Guftar Shaikh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7353642
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