A study at the University of Alberta in Canada found that being exposed to pets early in life may reduce the risk of developing allergies and obesity.
加拿大艾伯塔大學的一項研究發現,早期接觸寵物會降低過敏和肥胖的風險。
Researchers found that babies from families with pets, especially dogs, had higher levels of two types of microbes that are known to lower risks of allergies and obesity.
研究人員發現,來自有寵物特別是有狗家庭的嬰兒,他們有兩種更高能降低過敏和肥胖風險的微生物水平。
The team examined samples of fecal matter collected from 746 infants registered in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development study
研究小組對來自加拿大健康嬰兒縱向發育研究登記的746名嬰兒糞便樣本進行檢查,
whose mothers were enrolled during pregnancy between 2009 and 2012 and found that the bacteria Ruminococcus and Oscillospira was abundant in babies exposed to pet dander.
他們的母親在2009年至2012年間懷孕接受登記,發現接觸寵物毛屑的嬰兒瘤胃球菌屬和顫螺旋菌屬豐富。
Those two bacteria have been linked to reduced childhood allergies and obesity.
這兩種細菌與減少兒童過敏和肥胖有關。
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