Impact of obesity on male fertility, sperm function and molecular composition

NO Palmer, HW Bakos, T Fullston, M Lane - Spermatogenesis, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Male obesity in reproductive-age men has nearly tripled in the past 30 y and coincides with
an increase in male infertility worldwide. There is now emerging evidence that male obesity …

Regional differences and temporal trends in male reproductive health disorders: semen quality may be a sensitive marker of environmental exposures

L Nordkap, UN Joensen, MB Jensen… - Molecular and cellular …, 2012 - Elsevier
The decline in semen quality has been the subject of an animated debate. A recent
prospective study now irrefutably shows a decline in semen quality in men from Finland, a …

Diet and exercise in an obese mouse fed a high-fat diet improve metabolic health and reverse perturbed sperm function

NO Palmer, HW Bakos, JA Owens… - American Journal …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Male obesity is associated with reduced sperm motility and morphology and increased
sperm DNA damage and oxidative stress; however, the reversibility of these phenotypes has …

Paternal diet-induced obesity retards early mouse embryo development, mitochondrial activity and pregnancy health

NK Binder, NJ Hannan, DK Gardner - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Worldwide, 48% of adult males are overweight or obese. An association between infertility
and excessive body weight is now accepted, although focus remains primarily on females. It …

[HTML][HTML] Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in morbidly obese males is reversed after bariatric surgery

S Pellitero, I Olaizola, A Alastrue, E Martínez… - Obesity surgery, 2012 - Springer
Background The effect of weight loss by bariatric surgery on gonadal hormones in morbidly
obese males is not entirely known. The main objective of the study was to analyze gonadal …

Negative effect of increased body weight on sperm conventional and nonconventional flow cytometric sperm parameters

S La Vignera, RA Condorelli, E Vicari… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although with some discrepancy, obese men have been reported to have the worst
conventional sperm parameters, but little is known about the effects of body weight on sperm …

The combination matters-distinct impact of lifestyle factors on sperm quality: a study on semen analysis of 1683 patients according to MSOME criteria

J Wogatzky, B Wirleitner, A Stecher… - Reproductive Biology …, 2012 - Springer
Background Poor sperm quality can negatively affect embryonic development and IVF
outcome. This study is aimed at investigating the influence of various lifestyle factors on …

Parental diet-induced obesity leads to retarded early mouse embryo development and altered carbohydrate utilisation by the blastocyst

NK Binder, M Mitchell, DK Gardner - Reproduction, Fertility and …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Maternal obesity results in reproductive complications, whereas the impact of paternal
obesity is unclear. In the present study, the effects of parental obesity on preimplantation …

Psychological disturbances and quality of life in obese and infertile women and men

P Kocełak, J Chudek, B Naworska… - International journal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Anovulatory cycles and endometriosis are the main causes of female infertility. The most
frequently anovulatory cycles are related to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) commonly …

Anti‐Müllerian hormone and inhibin B levels reflect altered Sertoli cell function in men with metabolic syndrome

R Robeva, A Tomova, G Kirilov, P Kumanov - Andrologia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present study was to investigate the Sertoli cell markers inhibin B and anti‐
Müllerian hormone (AMH) in men with metabolic syndrome (MS). Twenty patients with MS …