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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Male Obesity
Wieland Kiess1, Isabel V Wagner2, Jürgen Kratzsch3
1Department of Women & Child Health, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20a, Leipzig D 04103, Germany; Leipzig University Medical Centre, LIFE, Leipzig Civilization Diseases Research Centre, LIFE Child, Centre for Paediatric Research, Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract:
Many cross-sectional analyses and longitudinal studies have examined the association between adiposity and pubertal development. In addition, the impact of an increased fat mass on reproduction and fertility in human obese men and in male animal models of obesity has been studied. A trend toward earlier pubertal development and maturation in both sexes has been shown, and the notion that obese boys might progress to puberty at a slower pace than their nonobese peers can no longer be substantiated. Impaired fertility markers and reduced reproductive functions have been observed in obesity. Obesity affects both pubertal development and fertility in men.
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