Audrey J. Gaskins, Sc.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues examined whether BMI at age 18 and change in weight since 18 years correlated with fecundity. Data were included for 1,950 women in the Nurses’ Health Study 3 currently attempting pregnancy.
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BMI, Waist Circumference Associated with Semen Quality
Waist circumference was inversely associated with both semen volume and sperm count. Obese men were 19 times more likely to have low total sperm counts and 15 times more likely to have low semen volumes.
Height, BMI, Tied to Ovarian Cancer
A new analysis of published and unpublished studies concludes that risk for ovarian cancer is associated with increasing height. It also finds that among women who have never used hormone therapy for the menopause, the risk for developing the disease is also tied to increasing body mass index, BMI, a measure of obesity.