ANTIBIOOTIT/LIIKALIHAVUUS

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doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2004.08.003 How to Cite or Link Using DOI (Opens New Window)
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Antibiotics may act as growth/obesity promoters in humans as an inadvertent result of antibiotic pollution?

Gabor TernakCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author

Clinical Infectology and Migration-Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pecs, Rakoczi ut. 2, 7623 Pecs, Hungary

Received 29 July 2004; accepted 5 August 2004. Available online 18 October 2004.
Summary

The growth promoting effects of antibiotics were first discovered in the 1940s. Since then, many antimicrobials have been found to improve average daily weight gain and feed efficiency. The total production of antibiotics can be estimated between 100,000?200,000 tons annually and the human population is being influenced, directly or indirectly (from the environment) by this amount of drug. The twentieth-century increase in human height and the obesity of the population is roughly observed since the mass consumption of antibiotics 40?50 years ago. The association between antibiotic consumption and the increase of human growth/obesity is suspected.