Novel developmental analyses identify longitudinal patterns of early gut microbiota that affect infant growth.

It is acknowledged that some obesity trajectories are set early in life, and that rapid weight gain in infancy is a risk factor for later development of obesity. Identifying modifiable factors associated with early rapid weight gain is a prerequisite for curtailing the growing worldwide obesity epid...

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Main Authors: Richard A White, Jørgen V Bjørnholt, Donna D Baird, Tore Midtvedt, Jennifer R Harris, Marcello Pagano, Winston Hide, Knut Rudi, Birgitte Moen, Nina Iszatt, Shyamal D Peddada, Merete Eggesbø
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3650000?pdf=render