Did you know? Antacids and antibiotics may increase the risk of obesity in children

Antacids or acid suppressors and antibiotics may alter the type and volume of intestinal bacteria badociated with an increased risk of obesity, particularly if taken for long periods of time in early childhood, warns a new study.

The structure of intestinal bacteria has been linked to various aspects of human health, including obesity.

For the study, researchers at Walter Reed National Military Medical in the United States examined 333,353 infants among whom nearly 46,993 children became obese.

further revealed that antibiotics or acid inhibitors were badociated with an increased risk of obesity at the age of 3 years – the average age at which they were overweight. Obesity has been identified for the first time in these children.

This is an observational study and, as such, can not establish the cause. 19659002] According to the university team, whose study was published in the journal Gut, on the prescription of antibiotics and antacid drugs in young children The ren is an important problem.

Posted November 1, 2018 9:04 AM