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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

11 Obesity and Weight Regulation

Prebiotics reduce fat mass

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11.18 Prebiotics Reduce Body Fat and Alter Intestinal Microbiota in Children Who Are Overweight or With Obesity

AC Nicolucci , MP Hume , I Martínez , S Mayengbam , J Walter , RA Reimer

To read the full abstract: Gastroenterology. 2017 Sep;153(3):711-722In adults, prebiotic intake is associated with improvements in satiety, postprandial glucose and insulin concentrations (1). The effect of prebiotic intervention in overweight/obese children has been rarely studied. This clinical trial showed that supplementation with oligofructose-enriched inulin for 16 weeks decreased BM...