Weight Gain Possible Side Effect of Antibiotics
Sunday, October 25th, 2015 -- 8:04 AM
(CBS News) -Antibiotics are life-saving medicine, but their overuse has been linked to a number of health concerns, not least of which include antibiotic-resistant superbugs that kill thousands of people each year.Now, new research adds to growing evidence that over-exposure to antibiotics contributes to another problem: weight gain.
In the largest study on the subject to date, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that children who take antibiotics regularly throughout their childhood gain weight significantly faster than those who do not. The findings were published in the International Journal of Obesity.
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