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Lower Fertility Experienced by Obese Couples

Conceiving can become an extra effort for obese couples according to a new research.

Obese couples which took part in a Danish study were nearly three times likely to consume more than a year to achieve pregnancy when they were compared to lower weight couples.

Danish study examines the impact of obesity in couples.

According to researcher, Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen, It has been strongly suggested by findings but has not been proved a causal link between excess weight in partners and a much decreased fertility.

she says, it cannot be stated for a fact that excess body weight makes people less fertile but it will certainly be much more beneficial that if a couple does want to achieve pregancy should try to loose the required amount of weight.

Loss in body weight reduces time for conception

From 47,835 couples researchers analyzed couples which took part in a nationwide study of pregnancy results in Denmark. Four interrviews were completed over a period of two years by women in a study. Where in they gave information about themselves and their respective partners on smoking, previous pregnancies, height, weight and socioeconomic status.

The March issue of the journal Human Reproduction had published the findings- BMI takes a look at weight in relation to height and is used as an indicator of body fat. A proper total of nearly 8.2% of women, 6.8% of men and 1.4% of the couples in the study were known to be obese and had a BMI of 30 and even more.

As being measured by BMI, a 5-foot-2-inch person who weighs 165 pounds or more is considered obese when this individual is compared to a 6-foot-tall person who weighs 220 or more.

Only two thirds of the women and half of the men weighed normal.

Sub-fertility was defined as failure to conceive for at least a year after initiating unprotected sex with the goal of conceiving.

Ramlau-Hansen and co workers from Aarhus Denmarks university had ervaluated the time it could by the couple to concieve.

As compared to normal weight men and women - Obese women had a 78% greater risk of being sub-fertile with men being 49%.

The risk associated in taking more than a year to concieve was 2.74 times much higher when it was noted that both partners were obese.

Sex Less in Heavier me
Epidemiologist Donna Baird, PhD, of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) says, there is potential public healths implications when it has been suggested that weight loss improves fertility.

According to a study which was co – authored by Baird a 2006 NIEHS study there showed a link between obesity to infertility in men. It was concluded by the researchers that a 3 unit increase in Body Mass Index had incresed the risk of infertility by nearly 10 per cent.

Anothers study was linked to obesity in men which also lead to decline in sperm quality.

According to Baird much more reseearch is required to confirm the link between infertility in men and body weight. She also states the reason may also be sexual function and not quality of the sperm.

She tells WebMD that, There are a lot of gaps in what we know, there was not enough prevalent data on the frequency of intercourse among men and it is a known fact that sexual function is influenced by oobesity.

Erectile dysfunction and low libido are common in men who are over weight.