Altered microbiome burns fewer calories

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 07:04 in Health & Medicine

Drug-induced changes to the gut microbiome can cause obesity by reducing the resting metabolic rate -- the calories burned while sleeping or resting -- a new study in mice demonstrates.

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