Open AccessShould overweight or obese women be denied access to ART?
Author(s) -
Ahmed Badawy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
middle east fertility society journal/middle east fertility society journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2090-3251
pISSN - 1110-5690
DOI - 10.1016/j.mefs.2013.08.001
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , fertility , demography , environmental health , gerontology , population , endocrinology , sociology
Obesity has grown to epidemic proportions, and currently nearly half of the reproductive-age women are overweight or obese. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.6 billion worldwide are overweight (BMI between 25 and 30 kg/m2) and 400 million are obese (BMI > 30 kg/m2). Over half of all women in the UK and 61% of women in USA are either overweight or obese. There are distinctly increased health risks and costs of obesity that led to a great argument about fertility treatment including assisted reproductive techniques (ART) in obese women