Obesity increases the risk of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).

B C Roland D Lee L S Miller A VegesnaR YolkenE Severance Emese PrandovszkyX E ZhengGerard E Mullin

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)

While obesity was significantly associated with SIBO, our findings suggest that alterations in gut pH, SBTT, and decline in species richness do not account for the obesity-SIBO relationship.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
body mass index