Probiotic composition including lactic acid bacterial strains and use of at least one of such strains

A method for treating obesity and/or an obesity-related disorder in a subject, the method comprising:

• administering to the subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition consisting of Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salicinius AP-32 which is deposited at the China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC) under an accession number CCTCC M 2011127, and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum OLP-01 which is deposited at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) under an accession number CGMCC 17345,
• wherein a ratio of a number of Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salicinius AP-32 to that of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum OLP-01 ranges from 1:0.5 to 1:2.