Pregestational overweight and obesity are associated with differences in gut microbiota composition and systemic inflammation in the third trimester.

The obesity epidemic is a global challenge, and the velocity of propagation is high in the population at reproductive age. Overweight and obesity during pregnancy have been associated with high birth weight and an increased risk of childhood obesity, reinforcing the risk of other non-communicable di...

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Main Authors: María Florencia Zacarías, María Carmen Collado, Carlos Gómez-Gallego, Heini Flinck, Janne Aittoniemi, Erika Isolauri, Seppo Salminen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6044541?pdf=render