Few Fat Men sperm

Being overweight has been linked to various health problems like diabetes and heart disease. However, very few people realize that obesity also affects the quality and sperm cell production.

In a large-scale study involving 1940 men the researchers found, as well as women whose weight is excessive, men who are overweight also have a smaller chance to be parents because they are a little sperm count.

The researchers collected semen samples of volunteers and then measured the body mass index (BMI) as an indicator of their obesity. Men who IMT was 18.5 to 25 categorized as normal, including the value of BMI 23 to 24.9 overweight, and over 25 categorized as obese.

The higher the excess weight, the lower the sperm quality, especially in men who fall into the category of obesity.

"Obesity will cause the modification of sperm characteristics are caused by hormonal disorder that makes the quality, quantity and reduced sperm vitality," said Paul-Cohen Bacrie, scientific director of the network of European laboratories in his presentation at the meeting of the European Fertility Meeting.

Men who are overweight have a sperm count 10 percent lower, while the men are classified as obese in number 20 percent lower. Addition of a group of obese men found that men had higher levels of sperm zero to four times higher than the group of men with normal weight.