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Findings in obesity reported from Aarhus University

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 29th, 2009

In this recent report published in the Journal of Urology, researchers in Aarhus, Denmark conducted a study "To evaluate whether overweight and obesity are related to changes in serum sex hormone concentrations and semen quality. Cross-sectional study. Data from five previous population-based environmental studies of semen quality were combined into one database at a university hospital in Denmark."

"In total, 2,139 men provided data to the database. Data on semen and blood samples and information on lifestyle and reproductive factors, including body mass index (BMI), were collected. Semen quality (volume, concentration, total sperm count, and motility) and...

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