New study suggests antibiotics before age 2 increases risk of obesity for children

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A new study suggests that children who have not yet reached age two and are given three or more courses of antibiotics are more likely to be obese.

The study put on by Gastroenterology researchers, looked at over 21,000 children in The Health Improvement Network, a population-representative data set from 1995 to 2013 in the United Kingdom. All children that were eligible subjects for the study had to have been registered within three months of birth with height and weight measurements records also recorded within twelve months of their fourth birthday.

Researchers studied other factors including adjusting for maternal and sibling obesity, maternal diabetes, socioeconomic status and more. The results showed that antibiotic exposure was associated with an increased risk of obesity at four years, and odds of obesity increased for repeated exposures to antibiotics.

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