Children’s obesity is different from that of adults. In adults, fat cells become enlarged, while in children, fat and fat cells “increase.” Obesity in childhood not only makes it easier for people to gain weight in the future, but also seeds factors for chronic diseases in the future, such as male infertility.
There are many factors that affect male infertility. Recent studies have found that some male infertility may be related to childhood overweight and obesity. The American Reproductive Medicine Center asked a group of boys who had entered puberty to undergo a series of examinations to compare the testicular sizes of those with normal weight, overweight, obesity and insulin resistance. The results were: the testicles of normal weight subjects were larger than those of overweight and obese subjects; the testicles of boys with normal insulin levels were larger than those of insulin resistance boys.
In fact, overweight, obesity, and insulin resistance have been shown to negatively affect testicular volume in childhood and adolescence. Fat not only interferes with the normal operation of organs, but also secretes a variety of hormones that affect development. Therefore, obesity in children may lead to precocious puberty, affect testicular development, lead to weak function, low sperm motility, etc. Many obese children grow in height and weight much faster than children of the same age, but when they reach adolescence, they stop growing and are mostly short and fat. It can be seen that obesity will not only affect growth and development, but also affect future fertility!
