Do obese women who present for infertility care get advice on weight loss management prior to referral?

Obesity is an increasingly important contributor to infertility among women of reproductive age. It is associated with increased maternal morbidity, reduced fecundity and reduced success of infertility treatment, and requires a complex workup prior to initiation of infertility care. Infertility care itself harbors a significant financial strain on families and is not universally accessible, adding further inequity to a growing problem. Though physician counseling on excess weight is associated with clinically significant weight loss, it is engaged in irregularly, and obese women often present to infertility clinics without first being advised to lose weight or counseled on the best methods to engage in weight loss.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Source Type: research