Young children's oral bacteria may predict obesity

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 08:32 in Health & Medicine

Weight gain during early childhood is related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children, suggesting this understudied aspect of a children's collection of microorganisms could serve as an early indicator for childhood obesity.

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