Obesity and reproduction: a committee opinion.

The purpose of this American Society for Reproductive Medicine Practice Committee report is to provide clinicians with principles and strategies for the evaluation and treatment of couples with infertility associated with obesity. This revised document replaces the Practice Committee document titled "Obesity and reproduction: an educational bulletin" last published in 2015 (Fertil Steril 2015;104:1116-26).

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Fertility and Sterility

• Publication date

  2021-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.08.018PMID 34583840
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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