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Health Oral bacteria could hold key to obesity Fresh evidence suggests that the oral microbiome reflects, and may contribute to, metabolic changes associated with obesity, but the full picture isn’t yet clear, finds Chris Simms SOME people with obesity have a distinct oral microbiome signature – a discovery that could lead to a way to spot the condition early and potentially prevent it. The huge community of microbes that resides in our gut can contribute to weight gain and has been strongly linked to obesity and other conditions relating to metabolism. So far, though, the evidence that the oral microbiome, which houses more than 700 species of bacteria, is involved in obesity or in general health has been more limited. …