Probiotics and the Gut Microbiome in Obesity
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Prebiotics and Probiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: obesity; metabolic disorders; weight regulation; chronotype; nutrition; microbiota
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Interests: obesity; insulin resistance; dyslipidemia; metabolic syndrome; type 2 diabetes; microbiota
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Obesity is a complex disease, influenced by genetic, behavioral and environmental conditions. The latter involves mainly lifestyle factors, such as an unhealthy diet or a low physical activity level. The next factor, strongly correlated with excessive body weight, is gut microbiota. The microorganisms that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract play an important role in not only regulating metabolism, energy balance, appetite and nutrient absorption, but also the functions of the immune and hormonal system, thus they seem to participate in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorders. Growing scientific evidence also highlights that alterations in gut microbial composition, determined as dysbiosis, may contribute to the development of obesity.
One of the effective supporting strategies for obesity treatment, along with diet modifications and/or pharmacology, is probiotic supplementation. Probiotic strains modulate the diversity of the gut microbiota and influence metabolic pathways commonly associated with obesity. On the other hand, the exact mechanism of its actions remains uncertain. The next challenges related to probiotics intake involve translating microbiome research into clinical practice.
This Special Issue aims to explore the relationship between the gut microbiome and obesity, as well as the role of probiotics in weight management and metabolic health. We invite original research, review articles and clinical trials in the indicated thematic scope.
Dr. Marta Pelczyńska
Prof. Dr. Pawel Bogdanski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microbiome
- gut microbiota
- microorganisms
- dysbiosis
- obesity
- metabolic health
- body mass index
- body weight
- probiotics
- prebiotics
- synbiotics
- postbiotics
- gut metabolites
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