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Do These Microbes Make Me Look Fat?
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2021
Abstract
This article reflects upon the epidemic of obesity, analysing the role that socioeconomic factors, dietary patterns, lifestyle, environmental toxins, and genetics are playing in metabolic disorders development. Moreover, it presents us with some compelling food for thought regarding the impact that a healthy/unhealthy gut can play in obesity and cardiovascular disease development, and how microbiome research is showing promising results in the field.