Bifidobacterium animalis and Reduced Body Mass Index

• Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics-A Research Hotspot for Pediatric Obesity.

  • 2023-10-28
  • Review
  • Microorganisms 11(11)
  • • Reka Borka Balas
    • Lorena Elena Meliț
    • Ancuța Lupu
    • Vasile Valeriu Lupu
    • Cristina Oana Mărginean

  • PubMed: 38004665
  • DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11112651

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Mass Index

  • Low evidence

  Some of them (Lactobacillus rhamnosus bv-77, Lactobacillus salivarius, and Bifidobacterium animalis) were proven to reduce the body mass index in obese children, and also improve the blood lipid content

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes