Thehumangutmicrobiomeplaysacrucialroleinhealthanddisease,withitscompositioninfluencedbyacombinationofgeneticandenvironmentalfactors."EnvironmentalfactorsshapingthegutmicrobiomeinaDutchpopulation"investigateshowexternalelementssuchasdiet,lifestyle,medicationuse,andurban-ruraldifferencesimpactmicrobialdiversityandfunctionwithintheDutchpopulation.Thisstudyleverageslarge-scaledatatoidentifykeyenvironmentaldeterminants,providinginsightsintohowmodifiablefactorscanbetargetedtopromoteguthealth.Byfocusingonaspecificdemographic,theresearchcontributestounderstandingpopulation-specificmicrobiomevariationsandtheirpotentialhealthimplications.Thefindingsmayinformpersonalizeddietaryandlifestyleinterventionstooptimizegutmicrobiotacomposition.
