Too Many Antibiotics May Make Children Heavier

research suggests that “children who frequently take antibiotics gain weight faster than kids who never take them.” “Well” blog reports that the data indicated that “one in five — over 30,000 children — had been prescribed antibiotics seven or more times.” The researchers found that “by the time those children reached age 15, they weighed, on average, about 3 pounds more than children who had received no antibiotics.” one of the researchers “says that the drugs are likely having this lasting effect on weight through the microbiome.”