Obesity in women is a concern in many countries. This causes numerous health issues;
however, this review focuses on the impact of obesity on women's reproduction, and in …

Infertility is more common in overweight and obese women, with reproductive impairments
occurring at many levels of the hypothalamic-ovarian-uterine axis. These impairments lead …

Obesity can have detrimental effects on pregnancy rates in natural conceptions and also in
women undergoing IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This review summarises …

The worldwide upward trend in obesity has been dramatic, now affecting more than 20% of
American women of reproductive age. Obesity is associated with many adverse maternal …

The prevalence of obesity in adults worldwide, and specifically in women of reproductive
age, is concerning given the risks to fertility posed by the increased risk of type 2 diabetes …

Currently, obesity has achieved epidemic levels in reproductive‐aged women with a myriad
of consequences. Obesity is susceptible to several reproductive complications that …

Obesity (defined as a body mass index (BMI) of R30 kg/m 2) is perhaps the major health
challenge facing resource-rich countries. Obesity is a major cause of ill health and mortality …

STUDY QUESTION Is the developmental timing and metabolic regulation disrupted in
embryos from overweight or obese women? SUMMARY ANSWER Oocytes from overweight …

Obesity adversely affects reproduction and results in oocyte defects in both mice and
humans. In the present study we used a mouse model to examine whether the adverse …

This review summarizes some of the recent advances in obesity research and describes
how we and others have built upon these findings to better understand the impact of obesity …