Administering Antibiotics Before Age Two Could Cause Obesity in Children

A new study in the US said that children who are treated with a wide range of antibiotics before they are two years old are at higher risk of childhood obesity. The research in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics is the latest to find a link between weight problems and antibiotics, which can eliminate bacterial infections but also the beneficial intestinal microflora that colonizes the gut. Experts at the Children's Hospital ...

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