Antibiotics before age two ups childhood obesity risk

24 Mar 2016


Researchers from Pennsylvania report that the administration of three or more courses of antibiotics before a child reaches the age of two is linked to an increased risk of early childhood obesity. The study was published in Gastroenterology.

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