Probiotic and calcium supplementation in kids reduces BMI in teenage years – Indonesia study
The supplementation of probiotic and calcium could have a lasting effect on the body weight of young children as they reach their teenage years, according to the findings of a new Indonesia study.
Published in
Scientific Reports, the study is a follow-up to a probiotic and calcium supplementation experiment conducted in kids 10 years ago.
It aimed to find out the long-term effects of probiotics and calcium supplementation from childhood into teenage years.
Lead researcher Dr Rina Agustina from Human Nutrition Research Center at Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute conducted both the trial and follow-up study.