Association Between Early-Life Exposure to Antibiotics and Development of Child Obesity: Population-Based Study in Italy.
Anna CantaruttiPaola RescignoClaudia Da BorsoJoaquin Gutierrez de Rubalcava DoblasSilvia BressanElisa BarbieriCarlo GiaquintoCristina CanovaPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2024)
The results from this large population-based study support the association between early exposure to antibiotics and an increased risk of childhood obesity. This association becomes progressively stronger with both increasing numbers of antibiotic prescriptions and younger age at the time of the first prescription.