SynthesisInternational journal of obesity (2005)2017
Effect of Lactobacillus on body weight and body fat in overweight subjects: a systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials.
Synthesis in International journal of obesity (2005), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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112 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 234 citations in OpenAlex.
- The gut microbiota-obesity axis in the pathogenesis and prognosis of breast cancer.Annals of medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The Health Benefits of Probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Pooled it
- ProbioticNarra J · 2025Pooled it
- The Role ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- A 12-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety ofNutrients · 2025Trial
- The effect of a new developed synbiotic yogurt consumption on metabolic syndrome components in adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Nutrition & diabetes · 2024Trial
- Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum LMT1-48 on Body Fat in Overweight Subjects: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2023Trial
- Efficacy and Safety ofFrontiers in endocrinology · 2021Trial
- Prebiotic potencial of juçara berry on changes in gut bacteria and acetate of individuals with obesity.European journal of nutrition · 2020Trial
- Effect ofNutrients · 2019Trial
- Immune dysregulation and gut microbiota: Connection to health and disease development.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- The combined effects of probiotic and high-intensity interval training on memory function in high fat diet-fed rats.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2026Article
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- The Gut Microbiota: An Essential Component in Understanding Pediatric Obesity: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Nutritional Status in Obesity: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Dysbiosis, Micronutrient Deficiencies and the Effects of Probiotics/Synbiotics.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Urolithin A: a multi-target therapeutic candidate derived from the gut microbiota for obesity and metabolic dysfunction.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
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- Synbiotic Effects of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei K56 and Prebiotics on the Intestinal Microecology of Children with Obesity.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Article
- Food as Medicine for Hypertension: Microbiota as Mediators.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2025Review
- Effect of Probiotics ContainingFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Gut microbiota is important for maintaining body weight. Modulation of gut microbiota by probiotics may result in weight loss and thus help in obesity treatment. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effects of Lactobacillus on weight loss and/or fat mass in overweight adults. A search was performed on the Medline (PubMed) and Scopus electronic databases using the search terms: 'probiotics', 'Lactobacillus, 'obesity', 'body weight changes', 'weight loss', 'overweight', 'abdominal obesity', 'body composition', 'body weight', 'body fat' and 'fat mass'. In the total were found 1567 articles, but only 14 were included in this systematic review. Of these nine showed decreased body weight and/or body fat, three did not find effect and two showed weight gain. Results suggest that the beneficial effects are strain dependent. It can highlight that Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus rhamnosus when combined with a hypocaloric diet, L. plantarum with Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus amylovorus, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei with phenolic compounds, and multiple species of Lactobacillus.
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