Maternal obesity is associated with alterations in the gut microbiome in toddlers.

Children born to obese mothers are at increased risk for obesity, but the mechanisms behind this association are not fully delineated. A novel possible pathway linking maternal and child weight is the transmission of obesogenic microbes from mother to child. The current study examined whether matern...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeffrey D Galley, Michael Bailey, Claire Kamp Dush, Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Lisa M Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237395?pdf=render