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OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 479-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2012.09.002
Keywords
Fertility; Obesity; Reproduction; Public health
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland [K12HD063086]
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Obesity is associated with multiple adverse reproductive outcomes, but the mechanisms involved are largely unknown. Obesity has been referred to as a complex system, defined as a system of heterogeneous parts interacting in nonlinear ways to influence the behavior of the parts as a whole. Human reproduction is also a complex system; hence the difficulty in identifying the mechanisms linking obesity and adverse reproductive function. This review discusses the adverse reproductive outcomes associated with obesity and the mechanisms involved and concludes with a discussion of public health policy with respect to the treatment of infertility in obese women.
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