Scientists link weight to gut bacteria

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While it isn't about fungus, it is related subject I think:

_http://news./s/ap/20061220/ap_on_he_me/diet_obesity_microbes_

(http://news./s/ap/20061220/ap_on_he_me/diet_obesity_microbes)

Researchers found a strong connection between obesity and the levels

of certain types of bacteria in the gut. That could mean that someday

there will be novel new ways of treating obesity that go beyond the

standard advice of diet and exercise.

According to two studies being published in Thursday's issue of the

journal Nature, both obese mice and people had more of one type of

bacteria and less of another

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