PCOS and obesity – PCOS 5

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From a disease perspective, obesity leads to many medical complications, including heart disease, breathing problems, cancer and arthritis. PCOS is just one more of these medical complications. Not all obese women have PCOS and not all PCOS women are obese. Nevertheless, obesity is one of the most common and perhaps most important features of PCOS, despite the fact that it is not part of the diagnostic criteria. Obesity occurs in 30-75% of women with PCOS and is associated with worsening of all three primary diagnostic features of PCOS – increased masculinizing features, worsening menstrual difficulties, and more ovarian cysts. In women with PCOS, the risk of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes increases as body weight increases. There is an obvious connection but the exact link is under debate. There are three possibilities to consider: PCOS causes obesity Obesity causes PCOS Both obesity and PCOS are caused by a third problem Is PCOS the cause of obesity? Can PCOS cause...
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