GENERAL COMMENTARY article
Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Microorganisms in Vertebrate Digestive Systems
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1626745
Commentary: Cold water swimming reshapes gut microbiome to improve high-fat diet-induced obesity
Provisionally accepted
- Shenzhen Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine(Futian), Shenzhen, China
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The study by Men et al. (2025) investigates the role of cold water swimming (CWS) in ameliorating high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity through gut microbiota (GM) remodeling and demonstrates the transferability of these effects via fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). While the findings highlight CWS as a potential anti-obesity strategy, several methodological and interpretative limitations warrant critical evaluation to advance translational applications.The study exclusively employs C57BL/6J mice, neglecting genetic diversity's impact on GM-host interactions, which may limit extrapolation to humans.
Keywords: Gut micobiome, Obesity, Cold water swimming, highfat diet (HFD), Commentary
Received: 11 May 2025; Accepted: 11 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Liu, Yu, Wang and Wu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Wenjiang Wu, Shenzhen Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine(Futian), Shenzhen, China
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