Obesity is a growing public-health problem that has been linked to lifestyle changes affecting the diet, which in turn may lead to changes in the commensal microbiota. Hild et al. show that mice colonized with microbiota derived from wild-caught mice are protected against diet-induced obesity, specifically when this microbial colonization occurs early in life.

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一种预防肥胖的狂野方法

肥胖是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题，与影响饮食的生活方式改变有关，而这反过来又可能导致共生微生物群的变化。希尔德等人。表明，来自野生捕获的小鼠的微生物群定植的小鼠可以防止饮食引起的肥胖，特别是当这种微生物定植发生在生命早期时。