Obesity is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the United States, second only
to smoking. The annual number of deaths attributed to obesity is estimated to be as high as …

Obesity is a major public health concern, caused by a combination of increased
consumption of energy‐dense foods and reduced physical activity, with contributions from …

Obesity seems to be a common comorbidity in patients with pandemic influenza H1N1
infection who are admitted to hospital, 1 need intensive care treatment, 2 or who have died …

These critics, all academic researchers outside the medical community, do not dispute
surveys that find the obese fraction of the population to have roughly doubled in the US and …

Objective: In the microbiota of both obese animals and humans there is an increased ratio of
the gram positive Firmicutes to the gram negative Bacteroidetes (the obesity pattern). To …

Since 1980, obesity prevalence among US adults has soared from 14% to 42%. The
commonly accepted explanation is pervasive overeating: ever-increasing energy intake as …

Antibiotics have been hailed by many as “miracle drugs” that have been effectively treating
infectious diseases for over a century, leading to a marked reduction in morbidity and …

Abstract Purpose of Review In this review, we summarize current evidence on the
association between antibiotics and the subsequent development of obesity through …

The search for effective ways of dealing with obesity has centred on biological research and
clinical management. However, obesity needs to be conceptualized more broadly if the …

The gut microbiome consists of trillions of bacteria which play an important role in human
metabolism. Animal and human studies have implicated distortion of the normal microbial …