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ReviewCurrent developments in nutrition2026

The Microplastic-Gut Microbiota Axis: A Unifying Framework Linking Environmental Pollution to Undernutrition, Obesity, and Metabolic Dysfunction.

Haiying Liu, Xiaoqing You, Yanghua Peng, Guo Wei, Wei Kong, Congfu Huang

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Review in Current developments in nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Haiying LiuDepartment of Pediatrics, Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Women and Children's Medical Center, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Xiaoqing YouDepartment of Pediatrics, Fuzhou First General Hospital Affiliated with Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Yanghua PengDepartment of Pediatrics, Longgang District Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen City (Affiliated Shenzhen Women and Children's Hospital (Longgang) of Shantou University Medical College), Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Guo WeiDepartment of Pediatrics, Longgang District Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen City (Affiliated Shenzhen Women and Children's Hospital (Longgang) of Shantou University Medical College), Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Wei KongDepartment of Pediatrics, Longgang District Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen City (Affiliated Shenzhen Women and Children's Hospital (Longgang) of Shantou University Medical College), Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Congfu HuangDepartment of Pediatrics, Longgang District Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital of Shenzhen City (Affiliated Shenzhen Women and Children's Hospital (Longgang) of Shantou University Medical College), Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ubiquity of plastic pollution has rendered dietary microplastic (MP) ingestion unavoidable, introducing an unrecognized yet pervasive threat to human nutritional health. This review systematically synthesizes evidence from rodent and aquatic animal models, in vitro human gut microbiota simulations, and cross-sectional human observational studies to conceptualize the "MP-gut microbiota-nutrition axis" as a unifying mechanistic framework. Our synthesis delineates 4 interconnected pathways triggered by MP-induced gut dysbiosis:

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early-life exposureenvironmental healthgut barriergut microbiotamalnutritionmetabolic endotoxemiamicroplasticsplanetary healthshort-chain fatty acidsWestern-style diets

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PMID42620600
PMCPMC13485666

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