Obesity has become a pandemic threat in the latest 30 years. The trend of the prevalence of overweight and obesity has got an\noverall increase in every part of the world, regardless of ethnicity, life-style and social ties. High food intake, genetic, and sedentary\nhave been related to obesity; it has been also hypothesized that gut microbiota could have an impact on the complex mechanism\nunderlying the weight gain. This review aims to illustrate the actual literature about gut microbiota and its relation with obesity and\nto analyze the possible implications of factors such as diet and life-style onto the composition of gut microbiota, that can lead to\noverweight/obesity condition.
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