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ArticleFood science & nutrition2025

The Effect of Probiotics on the Improvement of Body Weight and Fat.

Hongfa Zhang, Yu Xu, Mingjie Li, Zhaowei Chen, Yuezhu Wang, Rongfu Yang, Sheng Li, Shiyu Ma, Chunping You, Huajun Zheng

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Article in Food science & nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Hongfa ZhangState Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition Shanghai China.
Yu XuShanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Shanghai China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8657-0956
Mingjie LiState Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition Shanghai China.
Zhaowei ChenShanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Shanghai China.
Yuezhu WangShanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Shanghai China.
Rongfu YangShanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Shanghai China.
Sheng LiShanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Shanghai China.
Shiyu MaShanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Shanghai China.
Chunping YouState Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition Shanghai China.
Huajun ZhengShanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies Shanghai China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of

Indexed as

body weightgut microbiotaLactiplantibacillus plantarumobesity

Identifiers

PMID40772021
PMCPMC12326422

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