Are Gut Microbes Responsible for Post-dieting Weight Rebound?

Publication date: 10 January 2017
Source:Cell Metabolism, Volume 25, Issue 1
Author(s): Julien Chilloux, Marc-Emmanuel Dumas
One of the dieting conundrums in the age of the obesity epidemic is the cycle of weight loss and regain known as the "yo-yo effect." Thaiss et al. (2016) demonstrate that the microbiome plays a key role in this phenomenon and that simple dietary supplementations can reset the weight-rebound clock.

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One of the dieting conundrums in the age of the obesity epidemic is the cycle of weight loss and regain known as the "yo-yo effect." Thaiss et al. demonstrate that the microbiome plays a key role in this phenomenon and that simple dietary supplementations can reset the weight-rebound clock.


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