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Sex: What’s weight got to do with it?

“About 30 per cent of obese men and women have sexual dysfunctions,” says Kenyan sexologist Joachim Osur. This has been confirmed by a study published in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information, which found that weight extremes have a negative effect on sexual function through metabolic, hormonal and psychological parameters.

This, however, does not mean that your sexual function will automatically suffer when you are overweight or underweight.

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