Observational Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026 The association of oral microbiota and oral-gut microbial co-presence with obesity in Chinese children. Qi Q, Gao C, Yan Y Veillonella PubMed ↗
Observational Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2026 [Associations of candidate gene polymorphisms, gut microbiota, and their interactions with NAFLD in obese children]. Wei C, Pan X, Liu Y, et al. BacteroidesCoprococcusDialisterFusicatenibacter +1 more PubMed ↗
Clinical trial Nutrients · 2026 Dietary Supplementation with Amaranth Protein Isolate Modulates the Gut Microbiota in Children with Overweight and Obesity: A Nonrandomized Trial. Barba-de la Rosa AP, Treviño S, Ovando-Vázquez C, et al. BlautiaButyricicoccusCollinsellaPrevotella +2 more PubMed ↗
Observational European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026 Gut microbial signatures across nutritional status in Indian school-aged children: a qPCR-based case-control study. Jacob J, Reddy SN, Kaliaperumal V, et al. Faecalibacterium prausnitziiBacteroides PubMed ↗
Observational Clinical nutrition · 2025 Gut microbiota composition and derived enterotypes are associated with ponderal status in preschool children. Childhood obesity risk assessment longitudinal study (CORALS) cohort. Vázquez-Bolea N, Mora-Martínez C, Cuervo M, et al. Phocaeicola doreiAkkermansiaAlistipesBlautia +1 more PubMed ↗
Observational BMC pediatrics · 2025 The association between gut microbiota and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): a case-control study. Rohani P, Shojaie S, Nikparast A, et al. CoprococcusPrevotella PubMed ↗
Clinical trial Scientific reports · 2025 Childhood obesity and insulin resistance is correlated with gut microbiome serum protein: an integrated metagenomic and proteomic analysis. Liu L, Li M, Qin Y, et al. Akkermansia muciniphilaButyricicoccus PubMed ↗
Systematic review Nutrition · 2025 Association between gut microbiota and pediatric obesity: A systematic review. Nóbrega R, Costa CFFA, Cerqueira Ó, et al. AkkermansiaBifidobacteriumBlautiaFaecalibacterium PubMed ↗
Observational Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics · 2025 [Composition of gut microbiota and characteristics of virulence factors genes in overweight or obese children and their relationship with liver metabolic inflammation]. Jiang JY, Fan ZX, Yang F, et al. CoprococcusParasutterella PubMed ↗
Observational Journal of dental research · 2025 Dysbiotic Microbiome-Metabolome Axis in Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome. Salman U, Dabdoub SM, Reyes A, et al. Actinomyces PubMed ↗
Observational Diabetes · 2025 Metabolic Dysfunction Associated With Alterations in Gut Microbiota in Adolescents With Obesity. Granato A, Xie QY, Wong A, et al. Escherichia coli PubMed ↗
Observational BMC microbiology · 2025 Full-length 16S rRNA Sequencing Reveals Gut Microbiome Signatures Predictive of MASLD in children with obesity. Lin YC, Wu CC, Li YE, et al. BacteroidesBlautiaParabacteroidesPhocaeicola +1 more PubMed ↗
Observational Pediatric obesity · 2025 Gut microbiota and microbial metabolites are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: A cross-sectional study in the Gen3G cohort. Chen Y, Tilves C, Bohn B, et al. BlautiaVeillonella PubMed ↗
Observational Scientific reports · 2025 Association between gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids in children with obesity. Li S, Ma X, Mei H, et al. Escherichia coliAlistipesClostridiumOscillibacter PubMed ↗
Review Advances in nutrition · 2024 Gut Microbiota: An Important Participant in Childhood Obesity. Luo Y, Li M, Luo D, et al. Akkermansia muciniphilaLimosilactobacillus reuteri PubMed ↗
Observational Annals of epidemiology · 2024 Gut microbiome and obesity in late adolescence: A case-control study in "Children of 1997" birth cohort. He B, Xu S, Schooling CM, et al. Bacteroides uniformisClostridium PubMed ↗
Randomized trial International journal of obesity · 2024 Enhancing gut microbiota and microbial function with inulin supplementation in children with obesity. Visuthranukul C, Sriswasdi S, Tepaamorndech S, et al. AgathobacterBlautiaEubacteriumMegasphaera +1 more PubMed ↗
Observational Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024 Comparative analysis of gut microbiota in children with obstructive sleep apnea: assessing the efficacy of 16S rRNA gene sequencing in metabolic function prediction based on weight status. Chuang HH, Huang CG, Chou SH, et al. Bacteroides ovatusBifidobacterium pseudocatenulatumStreptococcus parasanguinis PubMed ↗
Observational World journal of gastroenterology · 2024 Association between childhood obesity and gut microbiota: 16S rRNA gene sequencing-based cohort study. Li XM, Lv Q, Chen YJ, et al. BacteroidesPrevotella PubMed ↗
Randomized trial Beneficial microbes · 2023 Agave fructans enhance the effects of fermented milk products on obesity biomarkers: a randomised trial. Vega-Cárdenas M, Martínez-Gutierrez F, Lara-Ramírez EE, et al. PubMed ↗
Randomized trial World journal of pediatrics · 2022 Effects of synbiotic supplementation on anthropometric indices and body composition in overweight or obese children and adolescents: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Atazadegan MA, Heidari-Beni M, Entezari MH, et al. PubMed ↗
Observational Frontiers in public health · 2022 Analysis of the gut microbiome in obese native Tibetan children living at different altitudes: A case-control study. Du W, Liu L, Ma Y, et al. AkkermansiaBlautiaPrevotellaRomboutsia PubMed ↗
Observational Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2022 Early-life antibiotic exposure increases the risk of childhood overweight and obesity in relation to dysbiosis of gut microbiota: a birth cohort study. Li P, Chang X, Chen X, et al. AgathobacterFaecalibacterium PubMed ↗
Observational Archives of medical research · 2022 Association of Gut Microbiota with Dietary-dependent Childhood Obesity. Orbe-Orihuela YC, Godoy-Lozano EE, Lagunas-Martínez A, et al. Coprococcus catusBilophilaHoldemaniaParaprevotella PubMed ↗
Randomized trial Nutrients · 2022 The Macronutrient Composition of Infant Formula Produces Differences in Gut Microbiota Maturation That Associate with Weight Gain Velocity and Weight Status. Mennella JA, Li Y, Bittinger K, et al. Mediterraneibacter gnavus PubMed ↗
Observational Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi · 2022 [Association between obesity with the diversity and genus of gut microbiota in school-aged children]. Jiang LF, Wang YY, Peng H, et al. Akkermansia muciniphilaAgathobacterCollinsellaCoprococcus +2 more PubMed ↗
Observational Nutrients · 2022 Culturing and Molecular Approaches for Identifying Microbiota Taxa Impacting Children's Obesogenic Phenotypes Related to Xenobiotic Dietary Exposure. López-Moreno A, Ruiz-Moreno Á, Pardo-Cacho J, et al. ClostridiumEnterococcusEscherichia PubMed ↗
Observational Current medical science · 2022 Gut Microbiota Diversity and Overweight/Obesity in Infancy: Results from a Nested Case-control Study. Mei H, Li N, Zhang Y, et al. AkkermansiaClostridiumStreptococcusVeillonella PubMed ↗
Randomized trial Clinical nutrition · 2021 Supplementation with Bifidobacterium breve BR03 and B632 strains improved insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents with obesity in a cross-over, randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Solito A, Bozzi Cionci N, Calgaro M, et al. Bifidobacterium breveEscherichia coli PubMed ↗
Observational Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021 Gut Microbiota of Chinese Obese Children and Adolescents With and Without Insulin Resistance. Yuan X, Chen R, Zhang Y, et al. AlistipesAnaerostipesBacteroidesBlautia +1 more PubMed ↗
EBioMedicine · 2026 Intrapartum caesarean delivery and childhood BMI trajectories in relation to the infant gut microbiome in the VDAART prospective birth cohort. Sun Z, Wang T, Lasky-Su JA, et al. [Clostridium] leptumBacteroides ovatusBifidobacterium bifidumEggerthella lenta PubMed ↗
mSystems · 2026 Early-life proteomic and microbiome features signal obesity risk across 26 years of follow-up. Ahrens AP, Dias R, Hyötyläinen T, et al. AdlercreutziaAkkermansiaPhascolarctobacterium PubMed ↗
Gut microbes · 2026 Children's gut microbiota predicts the efficacy of obesity treatment. Alcázar M, Luque V, Ferré N, et al. EubacteriumFaecalibacteriumRuminococcus PubMed ↗
Pediatric research · 2025 Causal relationship between gut microbiota and blood metabolites with childhood Obesity: a Mendelian randomization study. Wang JG, Pan XH, Li Y Eubacterium PubMed ↗
PeerJ · 2025 Impact of fructooligosaccharides on gut microbiota composition and metabolite production: implications for childhood obesity. Mo C, Zhou S, Du Z, et al. BacteroidesBifidobacteriumEscherichiaStreptococcus PubMed ↗
Clinical nutrition · 2025 The ecology of the microbiota in children with obesity is associated with the intake of carbohydrates and insulin resistance. Prodam F, Ricotti R, Caramaschi A, et al. Akkermansia muciniphilaAlistipes finegoldiiBacteroides stercorisBifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum +5 more PubMed ↗
Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025 Contribution of clinical factors and gut microbiota composition to weight loss in a pre-post dietary intervention pilot study in male children with obesity. Kovačević S, Djuković A, Vratarić M, et al. AnaerostipesBlautiaFaecalibacterium PubMed ↗
Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025 [Comparative Analysis of Oral and Gut Microbiota Composition in Children Aged 3-5 Years With Different Body Mass Indexes in Urumqi]. Ma T, Wu Z, Lian B, et al. BlautiaFaecalibacteriumHungatella PubMed ↗
BMJ open · 2025 Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of dietary modulation of probiotics on nutritional status and antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesian adolescents: gut-lung axis (DIVINE). Agustina R, Ekawidyani KR, Mutiyani M, et al. Bifidobacterium animalisLacticaseibacillus rhamnosusLactobacillus acidophilus PubMed ↗
International journal of obesity · 2025 Early childhood adiposity, lifestyle and gut microbiome are linked to steatotic liver disease development in adolescents. Cai C, Zhang Z, Alberti G, et al. Phocaeicola vulgatus PubMed ↗
Nutrients · 2025 Breastfeeding Shapes the Gut Microbiota and Its Structure Is Associated with Weight Gain Trajectories in Mexican Infants. Arguelles-Lopez A, Aguayo-Patrón SV, Calderón de la Barca AM Mediterraneibacter gnavusAlistipesEscherichiaVeillonella PubMed ↗
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025 Gut Microbial Changes Associated With Obesity in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes. Ismail HM, Perera D, Mandal R, et al. Segatella copri PubMed ↗
Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2024 Synbiotic Effects of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei K56 and Prebiotics on the Intestinal Microecology of Children with Obesity. Zhang P, Dong X, Zeng Y, et al. Lacticaseibacillus paracaseiEscherichia PubMed ↗
Nutrition · 2024 Parent-child microbiota relationships involved in childhood obesity: A CORALS ancillary study. de Cuevillas B, Riezu-Boj JI, Milagro FI, et al. DesulfovibrioPhascolarctobacteriumPrevotella PubMed ↗
Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2024 Effect of docosahexaenoic acid as an anti-inflammatory for Caco-2 cells and modulating agent for gut microbiota in children with obesity (the DAMOCLE study). Lammi C, Ottaviano E, Fiore G, et al. Dialister PubMed ↗
BMC microbiology · 2024 Alterations in the gut microbiota community are associated with childhood obesity and precocious puberty. Wang L, Yi Q, Xu H, et al. Anaerobutyricum halliiMediterraneibacter gnavusAnaerostipesBacteroides +4 more PubMed ↗
Beneficial microbes · 2024 Improved diet-based nutritional interventions can improve childhood obesity with the synergistic regulation of gut microbiota. Zhou M, Peng C, Miao Z, et al. BlautiaStreptococcus PubMed ↗
Scientific reports · 2024 Inulin supplementation exhibits increased muscle mass via gut-muscle axis in children with obesity: double evidence from clinical and in vitro studies. Visuthranukul C, Leelahavanichkul A, Tepaamorndech S, et al. Bifidobacterium PubMed ↗
Gut microbes · 2024 Cultivated Enterococcus faecium B6 from children with obesity promotes nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by the bioactive metabolite tyramine. Wei J, Luo J, Yang F, et al. Enterococcus faecium PubMed ↗
Voprosy pitaniia · 2024 [Assessment of species diversity of anaerobic intestinal microbiota in children and adolescents with exogenous constitutional obesity]. Migacheva NB, Skvortsova OV, Lyamin AV, et al. Bifidobacterium breveBifidobacterium pseudocatenulatumHaemophilus parainfluenzaeStreptococcus salivarius +2 more PubMed ↗