Anti-obesity agent, anti-obesity food or beverage, glucose tolerance-ameliorating agent, and food or beverage for amelioration of glucose tolerance

摘要

Disclosed are: an anti-obesity agent or a glucose tolerance-ameliorating agent comprising a bacterium belonging to the genus as an active ingredient, wherein the agent is characterized in that the bacterium belonging to the genus has a rate of conversion of linoleic acid into conjugated linoleic acid of 10% or less; and others. Specifically disclosed are: an anti-obesity agent and a glucose tolerance-ameliorating agent, which are effective for the prevention or treatment of obesity or the amelioration of glucose tolerance and are highly safe; a food or beverage containing the anti-obesity agent or the glucose tolerance-ameliorating agent; a bacterium belonging to the genus , particularly , which is effective for the prevention or treatment of obesity or the amelioration of glucose tolerance and is highly safe; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the bacterium.