A new French study finds that men who are overweight or obese to have a greater risk of infertility. Overweight and obese men were found to have a low sperm count and more likely to have weaker sperm. The findings of the new study will help explain why infertility trends closely resemble the global obesity epidemic. Dr. Sébastien Czernichow and his colleagues at Ambroise Paré University Hospital in Paris gathered data from 14 previous studies that included 10,000 men. The researchers looked at participant’s body mass index (BMI) and correlated it to sperm levels. BMI is calculated based on the height and weight ratio. Men with a BMI of 25 have been considered overweight while 30 or more indicates obesity. BMI is also an accurate indicator for many chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. 24 percent of men who were normal weight had a low sperm count and 2.6 percent had no viable sperm. Among overweight men, 25.6 percent suffered from low sperm and 4.7 had no viable. The...
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