THE PRESENT INVENTION GENERALLY RELATES TO THE FIELD OF OBESITY. IN PARTICULAR THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO THE USE OF PROBIOTICS TO TREAT OBESITY. ONE EMBEDMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO THE USE OF LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS CGMCC 1.3724 AND/OR LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS NCC 4007 FOR THE PREPARATION OF A COMPOSITION TO SUPPORT WEIGHT MANAGEMENT, PROMOTE WEIGHT LOSS AND/OR TO TREAT OBESITY.