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Giving your child antibiotics before the age of 2 'increases their risk of being obese'

A new study suggests that antibiotics can cause obesity in children. The risk of obesity increases with repeated doses of antibiotics. Research conducted in the UK says that there is a 25% increase risk of obesity which exposed to antibiotics under the age of 2. Researchers recommend that children should not be given antibiotics unless necessary as antibiotics alter the functioning of the gut microbiome which increases the chances of obesity.

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