Does obesity cause infertility?
Obesity is one of the leading causes of concern these days, we are seeing a tremendous rise the obesity rate in men and women, even the children are suffering from it. It is a major cause of concern because with obesity comes a number of other health problems which can be life threatening at times.
Modern lifestyle and eating habits are to be blamed for the obesity problem, eating oily junk food, unhygienic food and other eating disorders are major cause of obesity. Our lifestyle doesn’t allow us to do much physical exercise and we end up sitting and eating all day long which is really affecting our weight. We are burning fewer calories than we should and are consuming even greater calories which are blank calories without any nutritional value.
Obesity is the called the home of diseases, it weakens our immune system and causes hormonal imbalance. The cholesterol and insulin levels are always very high in an obese person which increases the risk of diabetes and heart problems. Other than these problems there is one issue with greater significance that it affects.
Obesity affects the sperm quality in male, studies have found that the sperms in an obese male were comparatively weaker and in lesser quantity than what were found in a healthy male. Obese people are more vulnerable to face sexual problems because of two major reason, first obese people have lesser testosterone level than that of a healthy male which directly affects the sperm quality. Second, an obese male is more likely to suffer from stress, depression and under confidence which affects sexual performance and causes problems like erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.
In a survey it was found that couple who were with an obese partner had to face more difficulties in getting pregnant than couple who had partners with normal weight ratios.
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