BACKGROUND There is a need to increase our knowledge regarding the influence of
combined oral contraceptive (COC) use on individual weight change in the long term. The …

Britain has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Western Europe at 8.8 per 1000
live births. Adolescents are very preoccupied with body image and fear weight gain with use …

Abstract Objective Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are increasingly used by
adolescents. The aim of this review is to investigate the evidence regarding COCs' influence …

Background The use of oral contraceptives (OC) has been suggested to represent a
potential risk factor for the development of obesity. However, the available literature …

Background: Oral contraceptive (OC) use seems to have little effect on weight change in
normal weight women. Most previous studies have excluded obese women, so the effect of …

The aim of the study was to evaluate the acceptance and tolerance of combined low-dose
oral contraceptives (OCs)(containing 20 μg ethinylestradiol and 75 μg gestodene) in a …

Study design A randomized, parallel-group, multicenter study of 1,723 women taking an OC
with norgestimate (NGM) 180/215/250 microg/ethinyl estradiol (EE) 25 microg vs. 1,171 …

Although weight gain is among the most common complaints of women using oral
contraceptives (OC) and a frequent reason for discontinuation, studies demonstrate little …

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine if oral contraceptive (OC) use affects
body weight, body composition and metabolism in primates. METHODS Reproductive-age …

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of oral contraceptive (OC) use during adolescence on body
composition parameters and cardiovascular disease risk factors. METHODS We used 9 …