Project

The bidirectional stress-obesity relation: mediating role of inflammation and gut microbiota.

Code
3E015815
Duration
01 October 2015 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Public health sciences not elsewhere classified
    • Metabolic diseases
Keywords
gut microbiota overweight probiotics emotional regulation cortisol tryptophane children psychosocial stress endocrinology low-grade inflammation nutrition
 
Project description

This project will elucidate mechanistic pathways in the bidirectional stress-obesity relation in childhood community and clinical samples: (a) longitudinal pathways in existing cohorts; (b) contrasting groups on depression and overweight to unravel individual risk factors; and (c) two interventions to substantiate new treatments i.e. probiotics in depression and emotion-regulation training in obesity.