Progress of probiotic′s effect on childhood obesity treatment

In recent years, the incidence rate of childhood obesity has been growing gradually, and the number of obese child has been increased.Studies have shown that obesity in childhood not only impairs children′s physical and mental health, but also increase the chance of metabolic disease in his adulthood.Probiotic is a kind of live microbe.Nowadays, probiotic biological preparations are widely used to treat various gastrointestinal diseases.It is currently found that compared with the normal child the degree of microbial diversity in obese child′s intestine is lower, and the number of aerotorelant bacteria is increasing.Some probiotic preparations can effectively improve body′s intestinal microenvironment, and some predominant flora in the gut can be targeted to adipose cells directly, improving the body of low-grade inflammation state, adjusting immune function, and thus playing a role in reducing weight.By summarizing the relevant researches at home and abroad, this paper proves that probiotics have clinical significance in reducing weight of obese children, hoping to find out more ways to solve childhood obesity through further research. Key words: Probiotic; Obesity; Intestinal flora