Young children’s oral bacteria may predict obesity
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 09:02
in Health & Medicine
Weight gain trajectories in early childhood are related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children, suggesting that this understudied aspect of a child’s microbiota — the collection of microorganisms, including beneficial bacteria, residing in the mouth — could serve as an early indicator for childhood obesity. A study describing the results appears September […]