Key result
Weight loss is recommended as a first-line therapeutic option in women with obesity and PCOS to improve menses abnormalities, ovulation, fertility rates, and hyperandrogenism.
Why the study?
Does weight loss improve fertility and metabolic features in women with obesity and PCOS?
Population
Women with obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Design
Review
Authors
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May support weight loss counseling in obese PCOS; leaves open the need for RCTs to quantify fertility gains.
Does weight loss improve fertility and metabolic features in women with obesity and PCOS?
Weight loss is recommended as a first-line therapeutic option to improve fertility and metabolic features in women with obesity and PCOS.
Pasquali et al. (1997) conducted a review in obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Weight loss was evaluated. Weight loss is recommended as a first-line therapeutic option in women with obesity and PCOS to improve menses abnormalities, ovulation, fertility rates, and hyperandrogenism.
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