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Excess weight reduces men's fertility
The Age ^ | 09-24-06

Posted on 09/25/2006 10:58:15 AM PDT by CapnBarbosa

Obese men are more likely to be infertile than their slimmer peers, according to the first study to look at whether a man's weight influences a couple's fertility.

Every excess 10 kilograms may cut a man's fertility by 10 per cent, Dr Markku Sallmen of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki and colleagues at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, write in the September issue of Epidemiology. Sallmen was a post-doc at NIEHS when he conducted the study.

The researchers looked at couples

(Excerpt) Read more at theage.com.au ...


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KEYWORDS: fat; fatness; fertility; obese; obesity; overweight; weight
One more reason to slim down. :)
1 posted on 09/25/2006 10:58:16 AM PDT by CapnBarbosa
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To: CapnBarbosa
Obese men are more likely to be infertile than their slimmer peers, according to the first study to look at whether a man's weight influences a couple's fertility.

Fewer trips to the well, lower fertility. In other words, fat guys get less ... they had to fund a study to figure this out?

2 posted on 09/25/2006 11:01:33 AM PDT by tx_eggman (The people who work for me wear the dog collars. It's good to be king. - ccmay)
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To: CapnBarbosa

I'm sure the "Ooh Yuk!" factor applies to women equally.


3 posted on 09/25/2006 11:03:49 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("We will slaughter anyone who calls Islam violent!")
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To: Brad Cloven

And PLEASE don't post that Helen Thomas picture again. My screen will shatter.


4 posted on 09/25/2006 11:04:30 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("We will slaughter anyone who calls Islam violent!")
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To: CapnBarbosa

Is it ok to say obese? I thought the pc term was fat?


5 posted on 09/25/2006 11:07:11 AM PDT by Finop (Liberal wisdom defined... "It's not fair that you work harder than I do")
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To: CapnBarbosa

Pizza & beer = Male birth control.


6 posted on 09/25/2006 11:11:37 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: CapnBarbosa

time to start sending chocolates to all our 'favorite' Democrats and their families!


7 posted on 09/25/2006 11:13:35 AM PDT by verum ago (To the Islamofascists: As long as your beliefs have you live in denial, so shall you die of it.)
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To: tx_eggman

Obesity at least makes fertility less of an issue, anyway. : ^ >


8 posted on 09/25/2006 11:15:38 AM PDT by deaconjim (His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.)
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To: CapnBarbosa

My excess weight is my fertility.


9 posted on 09/25/2006 11:16:57 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: CapnBarbosa

Does this mean that fat Teddy's kids are bastards?


10 posted on 09/25/2006 11:18:00 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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I lost 25lbs so far this year... and when I was 25lbs heavier I managed to procreate with the Mrs on the first try for both of our children...

That must must mean I'm now classified as a "Weapon of mass impregnation"..

look out ladies...
11 posted on 09/25/2006 11:36:26 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: verum ago
time to start sending chocolates to all our 'favorite' Democrats and their families!

Why bother? They typically murder all the ones they conceive before they're born.

12 posted on 09/25/2006 11:43:17 AM PDT by Prime Choice (True Conservatives don't vote for Liberals just because they have an 'R' by their name.)
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To: HEY4QDEMS
Does this mean that fat Teddy's kids are bastards?

That's one of those rare questions that answers itself.   ;o)

13 posted on 09/25/2006 11:44:29 AM PDT by Prime Choice (True Conservatives don't vote for Liberals just because they have an 'R' by their name.)
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To: Prime Choice

I realized that about one nano second after clicking the post button. : )


14 posted on 09/25/2006 12:08:14 PM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: CapnBarbosa


Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
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Fire all of your guns at once
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Heavy metal thunder
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Fire all of your guns at once
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15 posted on 09/25/2006 1:17:16 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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