Let them eat dirt : saving your child from an oversanitized world / B. Brett Finlay, PhD, Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD.

Includes bibliographical references.

Children are microbe magnets -- A newly discovered organ: The human microbiome -- Pregnancy: Eating for two? Try eating for trillions -- Birth: Welcome to the world of microbes -- Breast milk: Liquid gold -- Solid foods: A growing diet for microbes -- Antibiotics: Carpet bombing the microbiota -- Pets: A microbe's best friend -- Lifestyle: Microbe deficit disorder -- Obesity: The world is getting heavier -- Diabetes: Microbes have a sweet tooth -- Intestinal diseases: Fire in the gut! -- Asthma and allergies: Microbes keep us breathing easy -- Gut feelings: Microbiota and the brain -- Vaccines work! -- Bugs as drugs.