The gut microbiota has been linked to the emergence of obesity, metabolic syndrome and
the onset of type 2 diabetes through decreased glucose tolerance and insulin resistance …

Hyperglycaemia that develops during pregnancy and resolves after birth has been
recognized for over 50 years, but uniform worldwide consensus is lacking about threshold …

Background Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is defined as the type of hyperglycemia
diagnosed for the first-time during pregnancy, presenting with intermediate glucose levels …

Objective To systematically review the effect of oral intake of bacterial probiotics on 15
variables related to obesity, diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Design …

Animal studies indicate that the composition of gut microbiota may be involved in the
progression of insulin resistance to type 2 diabetes. Probiotics and/or prebiotics could be a …

Obesity and obesity-associated disorders pose a major public health issue worldwide. Apart
from conventional weight loss drugs, next-generation probiotics (NGPs) seem to be very …

The growing disease burden of diabetes mellitus is an important public health concern,
affecting over 400 million people globally. This epidemic, if not controlled in time, leads to …

Communities of microbiota have been associated with numerous health outcomes, and
while much emphasis has been placed on the gastrointestinal niche, there is growing …

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 400 million people are obese, and over
1.6 billion adults are overweight worldwide. Annually, over 2.8 million people die from …

Obesity is accompanied by the activation of low-grade inflammatory activity in metabolically
relevant tissues. Studies have shown that obesity-associated insulin resistance results from …