Why smokers gain weight when they quit smoking: Changes in intestinal flora

Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

Most smokers put on a couple of kilos when they quit smoking. This is not due to an increased calorie intake, but to a change in the composition of the intestinal flora after quitting smoking, as a study suggests.

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