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Prebiotics may offer a modest adjunctive benefit for adiposity and obesity, especially in adults, but the effect is not large enough to replace standard weight-management measures such as energy control, physical activity, and treatment of comorbidities. Recent umbrella-level evidence suggests favorable effects on body weight and BMI, while the overall evidence base remains heterogeneous and stronger for some outcomes than others (7)
Results from animal studies and human clinical trials suggest that prebiotics may potentially benefit body-related, biochemical, and metabolic parameters associated with obesity (1).
Observations in rats revealed that dietary supplementation with inulin could significantly red…