Prof Mary Wingfield, discusses fertility and exercise with Mary Jennings.
She advises that exercise certainly helps to reduce the stress associated with infertility and also to manage body weight.
Studies in Australia and the UK have shown very clearly that if overweight women with infertility lose approximately 10 per cent of their body weight, more than half of them will conceive. She recommends fitness and diet together to make the best impact. Many studies show that obesity affects fertility, particularly in women with polycystic ovaries [PCOS].
