Infants born to obese mothers risk developing liver disease, obesity

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Infants born to obese mothers risk developing liver disease, obesity

Infant gut microbes altered by their mother's obesity can cause inflammation and other major changes within the baby, increasing the risk of obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease later in life, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

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Sarah E. Clark; Christopher E. Mulligan; Rachel C. Janssen; Lyndsey Babcock; Diana Ir; Dominick J. Lemas; Linda K. Johnson; Tiffany Weir; Laurel L. Lenz; Daniel N. Frank; Teri L. Hernandez; Kristine A. Kuhn; Angelo D'Alessandro; Linda A. Barbour; Karim C. El Kasmi. The gut microbiota in infants of obese mothers increases inflammation and susceptibility to NAFLD Nature Communicationsvolume 9, Article number: 4462 (2018)

Links: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uoca-ibt111518.php

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