{"id":5078,"date":"2026-01-13T07:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cognitionconferences.com\/obesity\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=5078"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:41:24","slug":"meshan-rabab","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/cognitionconferences.com\/obesity\/speaker\/meshan-rabab\/","title":{"rendered":"Meshan Rabab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br \/>\nObesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are prevalent health concerns in Kuwait<br \/>\nand have been linked to alterations in the oral microbiota. Intragastric balloon (IGB)<br \/>\ntherapy offers a minimally invasive method for weight loss in obese individuals, but<br \/>\nits impact on the salivary microbiome remains poorly understood. This study aimed to<br \/>\nevaluate changes in the salivary microbiota composition before and after IGB<br \/>\ntreatment. Saliva samples were collected from 22 obese patients undergoing IGB<br \/>\ntherapy at a private clinic in Kuwait, with 20 completing the study. Samples were<br \/>\nobtained at baseline and six weeks post-procedure. DNA was extracted and analyzed<br \/>\nusing 16S rRNA gene sequencing, focusing on the V1\u2013V3 regions. Microbial<br \/>\ndiversity and composition were assessed using QIIME2 and the Phyloseq R package,<br \/>\nand statistical comparisons were made using the Mann\u2013Whitney U-test. Results<br \/>\nshowed no significant changes in alpha diversity (observed species, Shannon,<br \/>\nSimpson indices) or beta diversity (PCoA, NMDS based on Bray-Curti&#8217;s dissimilarity)<br \/>\nbetween baseline and follow-up (p &gt; 0.05), suggesting overall microbial stability.<br \/>\nHowever, significant shifts in the relative abundance of specific taxa were observed,<br \/>\nincluding changes in Veillonella, Porphyromonas, Neisseria, and species like<br \/>\nVeillonella atypica, Streptococcus infantis, and Prevotella pasteri.<br \/>\nThese findings suggest that IGB therapy induces minor shifts in certain microbial taxa<br \/>\nwithout disrupting overall salivary microbiota diversity. The results underscore the<br \/>\nresilience of the oral microbiome and highlight the less disruptive nature of IGB<br \/>\ncompared to more invasive bariatric procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5082,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"schedule":[],"speaker-category":[],"class_list":["post-5078","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meshan Rabab - Cognition Conferences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cognitionconferences.com\/obesity\/speaker\/meshan-rabab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meshan Rabab - Cognition Conferences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abstract Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are prevalent health concerns in Kuwait and have been linked to alterations in the oral microbiota. 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