Teens with obesity - future impotent

Adolescents with overweight often encountered in adult life with impotence and infertility. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Buffalo in the United States.

In adolescents with obesity in the body up to 50% less testosterone than their leaner peers, which increases the risk of infertility, as scientists have found. This is the first study that shows that young obese people aged 14 to 20 years has about half of the amount of testosterone, which possess their peers with normal weight.

Incidentally, the same researchers in 2004 showed the presence of low   testosterone   (this is called a medicine hypogonadism) in adult men suffering from obesity and type 2 diabetes. The findings were confirmed once again in 2010. But now, the lack of testosterone found in adolescents with excess weight, have not been the victims of diabetes.

"The significance of our discovery is very high, because, honestly, these boys impotent and potential victims of infertility, - said study author Dr. Parish Dandona. - If we consider that obesity in developed countries have suffered 20-25% male adolescents aged 11-15 years, the situation seems very bleak. "

Besides the problems with potency and fertility Low Testosterone   It increases the formation of stores excess fat in the waist area, leading to a decrease in muscle mass and insulin resistance, which may cause the development of diabetes. "The good news is that testosterone levels increased to normal obese men who have gone through gastroshuntirovanie" - said Dr. Dandona.

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