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Obesity and Infertility connection discovered
Posted by Ivan in Obesity news & reviews on October 19th, 2009
According to new research of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine women who become obese by the age of 18 are more likely to become infertile and develop polycystic ovarian syndrome than women who gain excess weight when they are older.
1538 women who were undergoing bariatric surgery at United States clinics completed surveys about their medical and sexual histories.
Only 30% of that group are plan to become pregnant after bariatric surgery. Probably the main reason for this is weight gain during pregnancy. Read the rest of this entry »
Late life weight gain increase disability risk
Posted by Ivan in Obesity news & reviews on June 28th, 2009
According to new research from Italy, being obese in old age is associated with a greater likelihood of being disabled and speedier age-related decline.
Researches looked at 2,910 men and women 65 or older, all of whom had reported how much they weighed at age 50 (but not whether or not they were disabled at this age). The researchers defined disability as having difficulty performing at least one activity of daily living, such as showering or dressing oneself.
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