The Influence of Probiotic Use in the Treatment of Obesity

Goal: This study aimed to analyze the influence of changes in the intestinal microbiota on these changes' secondary to obesity, as well as the possible role of probiotics in its treatment.Methods: The Virtual Health Library (BVS) and National Library of Medicine (Pubmed) databases were used, in a time frame from 2013 onwards, using the descriptors "influence of probiotics", "microbiota" and "obesity", using the Boolean operator "AND", resulting in a total of 506 articles, which were read and selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria.For inclusion of the articles, original works, free and paid access, clinical trials, randomized clinical trials and observational studies were chosen, and articles outside the theme and duplicates were excluded.Results: It was observed that the use of probiotics is a treatment that has demonstrated beneficial results both when used in association with already known treatments, and has also demonstrated benefits to its exclusive use when compared to placebo.Conclusion: as it is still very recent, new studies are still necessary since they have not yet demonstrated a patient profile that is most suited to treatment and the ideal time to start use and what would be the best concomitant use.