The Relation of Obesity to Menstrual Disturbances

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Abstract
AMONG clinicians dealing with problems of reproductive physiology there is a widespread clinical impression that obesity is related to amenorrhea and perhaps other functional disorders of menstruation. Wharton's standard textbook of gynecology1 lists obesity as commonly associated with amenorrhea. Duncan2 mentions that various disturbances of menstruation, including dysmenorrhea, functional bleeding, amenorrhea and infertility, are frequently associated with obesity and that weight reduction can be effective in alleviating the menstrual disturbance. Other authors3 4 5 6 7 8 indicate the not infrequent relation of obesity and menstrual disturbances, and Given9 mentions attempts at weight reduction in obese women with amenorrhea as a therapeutic measure.A careful . . .