Link between early antibiotic exposure and childhood obesity in Latinos quoting : Science Blog

Obviously more such research is needed," says Childhood Obesity Editor-in-Chief Tom Baranowski, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. "While recent cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have shown a relationship between early antibiotic exposure and child obesity, a clever recent secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial detected no such relationship. The article is available free on the Childhood Obesity website until March 17, 2017. Harmful effects of antibiotics on the healthy gut microbiome during this sensitive developmental period could increase Obesity risk, according to an article published in Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. Antibiotic exposure before age 6 months was associated with an increased risk for Obesity at 2 years of age in a study of Latino infants in a low-income urban community.




UTSA and Mexico researchers team up to fight childhood obesityThe UTSA College of Education and Human Development hosted a group of international researchers from three Mexican universities to launch Healthy Change. "Childhood obesity is a major public health concern and is disproportionately affecting Hispanic children in the United States and Mexico," said Dr. The findings from their pilot study will be used to refine and further develop the Healthy Change program. Learn more about other UTSA research programs combatting childhood obesity. (Feb. 16, 2017) -- -- Researchers from four different universities, including The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), recently launched an international pilot program to help lower the rate of childhood obesity in Texas and Mexico.

French childhood obesity trends downward as global rates rise

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