Microbiome: Weight loss without the yo-yo effect

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 2 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.189 Author: Andrea Du Toit Despite effective weight-reduction strategies, individuals fail to maintain the reduced weight. The mechanisms that underlie the weight-cycling-induced phenomena and the influence of the gut microbiota are not well understood. Thaiss et al. used mouse models of weight loss and recurrent obesity and found that
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