{"id":1932537,"date":"2023-05-17T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1932537"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:37:41","slug":"obesity-linked-to-low-sperm-count-infertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obesity-linked-to-low-sperm-count-infertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity linked to low sperm count, infertility."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobesity-linked-to-low-sperm-count-infertility%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1932537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Overweight Boys Face Higher Risk of Fertility Issues, Study Finds<\/h2>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-shows-vaccine-lotteries-may-be-ineffective\/\" title=\"Study shows vaccine lotteries may be ineffective\">recent study published<\/a> in the European Journal of Endocrinology, boys who are overweight during adolescence are at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chair-condemns-biden-abortion-policy\/\" title=\"RNC chair condemns Biden abortion policy\">higher risk<\/a> of experiencing fertility issues later in life. The study examined 268 children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 18 and found that those who were overweight or obese had lower testicular volume, which is associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-sharptons-group-nicki-minaj-uninformed-spread-false-information\/\" title=\"Al Sharpton\u2019s Group: Nicki Minaj \u2018Uninformed,\u2019 Spread \u2018False Information\u2019\">lower sperm count<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Importance of Preventing Andrological Diseases<\/h3>\n<p>The researchers noted that childhood and adolescence are critical periods for testicular development and should be considered a crucial time for preventing andrological diseases that may arise later in life. The study concluded that children and adolescents with excess weight and an abnormal insulin response were found to have lower testicular volume and likely lower sperm production.<\/p>\n<h3>The Link Between Obesity and Health Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>The study&#8217;s findings contribute to the overwhelming research that points to obesity as the root cause of the West&#8217;s health crisis. Falling testosterone levels, a primary hormone for metabolic function, might even be a primary driver behind obesity in men today. Male testosterone levels have plummeted by double digits since the 1980s and remain in steep decline as endocrine-disrupting chemicals saturate the environment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. health care spending exceeded 18 percent of GDP in 2021 after Americans packed on weight for six decades.<\/li>\n<li>More than 2 in 5 Americans are now categorically obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/li>\n<li>New research from the University of Colorado Boulder in February found obesity is even more deadly than previously thought, raising individuals&#8217; risk of early death by up to about 90 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Impact on Fertility and Reproductive Health<\/h3>\n<p>In women, obesity is found to increase the risk of complications in pregnancy, compounding reproductive issues faced by both sexes from extreme weight. Americans are already having fewer children than ever; fewer and fewer of the small number of those even willing to reproduce are able to do so. Roughly 2 in 5 American children are considered obese by the CDC today, previewing a sustained fertility crisis with no signs of slowing.<\/p>\n<h3>The Profit-Driven Industry<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the country drowning in gluttony, political, financial, and cultural elites have capitalized on the crisis to profit off a nation that&#8217;s become chronically fat, sick, and depressed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obesity-linked-to-low-sperm-count-infertility\/\" title=\"Obesity linked to low sperm count, infertility.\">food industry deployed high-powered lobbyists<\/a> to keep the &#8220;healthy&#8221; label on cereal boxes, while America&#8217;s health care establishment puts profit over people, recommending expensive weight-related surgeries and injections that should be reserved as a last resort over dietary improvements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The diabetes &#8220;miracle drug,&#8221; Ozempic, which has been prescribed off-label for weight loss, has become an adult obsession.<\/li>\n<li>Little do people know such medicines are designed by corporate health care giants to keep their patients hooked, not cured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Role of Cultural Influencers and Mass Media<\/h3>\n<p>While Big Food and Big Pharma rake in dollars from big people, cultural influencers have gained big followings by raising the white flag on the issue. Lizzo is a cultural icon known as much for her pro-fat activism as she is for her music. British pop star Sam Smith has seemingly begun performing for the same audience. Mass media are also complicit in the scheme, stigmatizing exercise as white supremacist and branding obesity as the &#8220;future of fitness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Reality of Obesity<\/h3>\n<p>Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death and raises individuals&#8217; risk to complications from COVID-19. It&#8217;s time to take action and prioritize our health and well-being over profit-driven industries and cultural trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overweight boys in adolescence have a greater chance of experiencing fertility problems in adulthood, as per a study in the European Journal of Endocrinology. Italian researchers studied 268 children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 and published their findings in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1932540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[10715,14216,5952,8702,15551],"class_list":["post-1932537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-count","tag-infertility","tag-linked","tag-obesity","tag-sperm"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1932537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1932540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1932537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1932537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1932537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}