ReviewNutrients2021
Impact of Exercise on Gut Microbiota in Obesity.
Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise-induced modulation of gut microbiota in individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Gut Microbiota and Oral Contraceptive Use in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Intensity and Duration of Exercise on Gut Microbiota in Humans: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of a combined energy restriction and vigorous-intensity exercise intervention on the human gut microbiome: A randomised controlled trial.The Journal of physiology · 2025Trial
- Ameliorative Effects of Aerobic Exercise Combined WithFood science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted gait training alleviates the symptoms of acute ischemic stroke via regulating gut microbiota composition and function.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- The neuro-immuno-metabolic axis of exercise: a unified mechanistic framework for exercise-induced cognitive enhancement and psychological resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota-immune crosstalk in childhood and adolescent obesity: mechanistic insights and therapeutic potential focused on short-chain fatty acids and emerging metabolites.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- The Gut-Muscle-Immune Axis in Motion: Mechanistic Synergies of SCFA Metabolism, Exercise, and Microbial Cross-Feeding.Nutrients · 2025Review
- High-Fat Diet Exacerbates Behavioral and Neurochemical Deficits in BTBR Mice: Linking Intestinal Inflammation and Brain Neurotransmitter Dysregulation to Melatonin Therapeutic Potential.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Gender-Based Differences in Gut Microbiota Composition in Response to Anxiety and Stress in Shooting and Archery Athletes.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Age-Related Dynamics of Fecal Microbiota in the Captive Chimpanzee (Polish journal of microbiology · 2025Article
- Complex relationship between childhood obesity and the gut microbiota.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Breaking the Cycle: Can Vitamin D Bridge the Gap Between Gut Microbiota and Immune Dynamics in Multiple Sclerosis?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from Mice Receiving Magnetic Mitohormesis Treatment Reverses High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic and Osteogenic Dysfunction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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- Aerobic exercise regulates gut microbiota profiles and metabolite in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
- Exosomes and microRNAs as mediators of the exercise.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Aerobic exercise modalities on gut microbiome and skeletal muscle quality in ovariectomized mice.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Dietary low levels ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Physical activity, exercise, or physical fitness are being studied as helpful nonpharmacological therapies to reduce signaling pathways related to inflammation. Studies describing changes in intestinal microbiota have stated that physical activity could increase the microbial variance and enhance the ratio of Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes, and both actions could neutralize the obesity progression and diminish body weight. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the literature describing the relationship between physical activity profiles and gut microbiota and in obesity and some associated comorbidities. Promoting physical activity could support as a treatment to maintain the gut microbiota composition or to restore the balance toward an improvement of dysbiosis in obesity; however, these mechanisms need to be studied in more detail. The opportunity to control the microbiota by physical activity to improve health results and decrease obesity and related comorbidities is very attractive. Nevertheless, several incompletely answered questions need to be addressed before this strategy can be implemented.
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