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Effects Of Obesity On Reproductive System. The current trends of advanced maternal age and rising obesity rates contribute indirectly to the growing demand for fertility treatment and assisted reproduction treatment ART posing clinical and ethical dilemmas for fertility service providers. Generally obesity affects the male reproductive system at pre-testicular testicular and the post-testicular levels leading to impaired male reproductive and fertility potentials which are. The reproductive system remains pre-pubertal ORailly 1998. In addition epigenetic changes induced by environmental stressors can increase the susceptibility to obesity with the consequent dys-regulation of the obesity-related factors.
Obesity in women is known to contribute to anovulation a reduced conception rate and an increased risk of miscarriage and prenatal complication. The impact of obesity on reproductive function especially associated with ovulatory disorders is mainly due to neuroendocrine mechanisms which interfere with ovarian functions and are able to affect the ovulation rate and the endometrial receptivity. In females the weight-related development of. The reproductive system remains pre-pubertal ORailly 1998. Obesity is associated with infertility and poor obstetric outcomes. For women being obese before getting pregnant increases the risk of pregnancy complications like high blood pressure pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes.
Obesity produces a variety of alterations in the reproductive system and similarly manipulations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis produce changes in food intake body weight and fat distribution.
Obesity reduces fertility in both men and women. The reproductive system remains pre-pubertal ORailly 1998. Obesity reduces fertility in both men and women. Obesity is a common problem among women of reproductive age and is associated with numerous reproductive sequelae including anovulation irregular menses subfertility miscarriage and adverse pregnancy outcomes with lasting effects for children. In men the primary effects of obesity are a weight related reduction in testosterone and with massive overweight a reduction in free testosterone. In addition epigenetic changes induced by environmental stressors can increase the susceptibility to obesity with the consequent dys-regulation of the obesity-related factors.