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The link between immigration, obesity and the microbiome
The Atlantic reports [theatlantic.com]:
Immigrants' gut bacteria "westernize" soon after they move to the U.S. [...]
In their new homeland-Minneapolis-they began to eat more protein, sugar, and fat. They indulged, like most Americans do, in processed food. Within a generation, the Hmong women went from having an obesity rate of 5 percent to one of more than 30 percent.
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