Healthy weight improves fertility in men and women, study says

Being overweight, obese or underweight could affect a woman's chances of becoming pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy—and male fertility is also affected by those factors, according to a new Dutch study. Scientists measured the body mass index—weight divided by height—of men and women in more than 3,600 couples, either while they were trying to get pregnant or early in the pregnancy, and compared this with their fertility and pregnancy outcomes. The researchers found that a higher BMI in both women and men was associated with lower fertility, meaning it...