PCOS encourages weight gain and fat has an adverse effect on the hormone balance leading to an escalating spiral of the problems. Obesity reduces the chances of pregnancy and increases the risk of pregnancy complications including miscarriage, high blood pressure and thromboembolism. In the long-term obesity, is a major risk factor for heart disease. Every effort to maintain a normal weight by diet as well as exercise is to be encouraged. style='font-size:11.0pt'> There is some evidence that women with PCOS lay down fat more easily. They may be overweight without indulging in excessive calorie intake.
Related Medical Abstracts - Click on the paper title:-
- Impact of obesity on the risk for polycystic ovary syndrome.(2008-02)
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Other Androgen Excess-Related Conditions: Can Changes in Dietary Intake Make a Difference?(2008-01)
- Insulin resistance and metabolic profile in lean and overweight/obese polycystic ovary syndrome patients. (2006-01)Weight change and androgen levels during contraceptive treatment of women affected by polycystic ovary. (2006-02)Clinical, hormonal and biochemical changes after treatment with metformin and weight reduction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2006-03)Polycystic ovary syndrome: an example of obesity-related cardiovascular complication affecting young women (2006-04)
- ACOG Committee Opinion No. 351, November 2006: The overweight adolescent: prevention, treatment, and obstetric-gynecologic implications. (2006-05)
- Obesity and insulin resistance but not hyperandrogenism mediates vascular dysfunction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. (2006-06)
- Prevalence and characteristics of the polycystic ovary syndrome in overweight and obese women. (2006-07)
- Characterizing discrete subsets of polycystic ovary syndrome as defined by the Rotterdam criteria: the impact of weight on phenotype and metabolic features. (2006-08)
- Effects of exercise and nutritional counseling in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. (2006-09)
- A meta-analysis of pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. (2006-10)
- Obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome. (2006-11)
- Endothelial dysfunction in PCOS: role of obesity and adipose hormones. (2006-12)
- The impact of obesity on reproduction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. (2006-13)
- Evidence for altered adipocyte function in polycystic ovary syndrome. (2005-01)
- Obese adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have more severe insulin resistance measured by HOMA-IR score than obese girls without PCOS. (2005-02)
- Female precocious puberty, obesity and polycystic-like ovaries. (2005-03)Relationship between polycystic ovaries, body mass index and insulin resistance (1999)Serum leptin in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome is correlated with body weight and fat distribution but not with androgen and insulin levels. (1998-01)Gonadotropin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: their relationship to body weight and insulin levels. (1996-01)
See Also:
PCOS - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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