The Influence of Weight Reduction on Amenorrhea in Obese Women

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A STATISTICAL study of 100 women with menstrual disorders showing a significant increase in the incidence of obesity in women with amenorrhea was reported from this clinic in July, 1952.1 Of 60 women without periods for at least three months, 29, or 48 per cent, were obese. The incidence of obesity in a control group of women of similar age range was 13 per cent. During the course of this study, several obese women who lost weight had a return of menses. The beneficial effect of weight reduction in amenorrhea has been a well known clinical observation, but, apparently, no . . .

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