Whole-grain wheat consumption reduces inflammation in a randomized controlled trial on overweight and obese subjects with unhealthy dietary and lifestyle behaviors: role of polyphenols bound to cereal dietary fiber

The study aims at characterizing the microbiota of the saliva in obese patients and in a randomly selected population of normal weight individuals. The overall scope is to explore the possibility that a peculiar microbial ecology characterizes the saliva of obese people and thus start wondering whether this can have any meaning on the pathology occurrence and development.

本研究旨在明确肥胖患者与随机选取的正常体重人群的唾液微生物群（microbiota）特征。本研究的整体目标在于探究肥胖人群唾液存在独特微生物生态特征的可能性，并由此探讨该特征是否与疾病的发生及发展存在关联。