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Effects of lifestyle and body composition on the ovary
1Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
|January 29, 1999
Abstract:
Reduction of metabolic fuel availability below the critical level by food restriction or increased expenditure is appropriately accompanied by activations of multiple neuroendocrine-metabolic changes resulting in anovulation and amenorrhea, an important device for endogenous hypothalamic contraception. This reproductive strategy in women is required because of the enormous nutritional demand for reproductive success.