Probiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Obesity: Current Evidence, Challenges, and Perspectives
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Prebiotics and Probiotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 6865
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food and gut microbiology; lactic acid bacteria; probiotics; regulation; food safety; bioinformatics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Obesity has increased dramatically in recent decades and is considered a global epidemic. Increased body weight is associated with a higher risk for other noncommunicable diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some types of cancer, among others, constituting a serious health burden for individuals and society.
A substantial body of research has focused on unravelling the complex aetiology of obesity, and the role of gut microbiota in its development has gained increasing attention. Since several studies have shown that the gut microbiota is disturbed in obesity, probiotics are emerging as potential means to modulate the gut microbiota, and subsequently, obesity.
Currently, although the administration of probiotics in obesity is promising, it is also clear that we have a long way to go in understanding their potential prophylactic or therapeutic role.
In this context, we would like to invite scientists to provide their contribution, either as an original article, (systematic) review, or meta-analysis, gathering insights from a wider perspective and accelerating the scientific evidence in the following main topics:
- The role of the microbiota in the development of obesity.
- The potential role of probiotics in obesity (prophylactic or therapeutic).
- The value of probiotics versus traditional interventions (i.e., diet and/or physical activity) or probiotics as an adjunct therapy.
Dr. Bruno Pot
Dr. Nikoletta Vidra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gut microbiota
- probiotics
- obesity (prophylaxis, therapy)
- weight loss
- diet
- dietary intervention
- nutrition
- mechanism of action
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