中国发现治疗肥胖症儿童方法

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　　The findings of the team, led by Zhao Liping with Shanghai Jiaotong University, Yin Aihua with the Guangdong province children's hospital, and Tang Huiru with Chinese Academy of Sciences, have been published on EBioMedicine, a renowned⁶ medical journal co-sponsored by Cell and The Lancet in July.

　　The team identified bacterial⁷ genomes specifically for producing obesity-related metabolites, and said an improved gut microbiota can significantly help to treat genetic obesity such as Prader-Willi Syndrome⁸ (PWS).

　　Beginning in childhood, PWS affected⁹ kids develop an insatiable appetite, leading to chronic¹⁰ overeating and obesity.

　　Chinese scientists discover therapy to child obesity

　　The scientists used a diet therapy with beneficial gut bacteria on trial patients and found considerable diminished appetite, weight loss and improved health conditions on the patients.

　　The paper concluded dysbiosis of gut microbiota is highly related with both genetic and simple obesity in children, implicating¹¹ dietary modulation of gut microbiota a potentially effective treatment method.

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