Internet-based Intervention to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle on the Reproductive Parameters of Overweight and Obese Women

Efficacy of an Internet-based Intervention to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle on the Reproductive Parameters of Overweight and Obese Women: a Randomised Controlled Trial

Obesity and overweight are among the problems that produce infertility. The combination of diet and exercise to achieve weight loss are currently considered an effective intervention for the improvement of reproductive parameters in overweight or obese infertile women.

Aim: to evaluate the effectiveness of an online program to promote a healthy lifestyle among women who are overweight or obese who also have a diagnosis of infertility and are on the waiting list for in vitro fertilisation treatment

Weight management problems (being obese or overweight) are among the problems that produce infertility. The combination of diet and exercise to achieve weight loss are currently considered an effective intervention for the improvement of reproductive parameters in overweight or obese infertile women.

Aim: to evaluate the effectiveness of a 3-month internet-based program focusing on the promotion of healthy lifestyles (especially weight loss and healthy eating and physical exercise habits) in women who also have a diagnosis of infertility and are on the waiting list for IVF treatment.

Design: randomised controlled trial Setting: Hospital La Plana (Villarreal)

Inclusion Criteria:

• women of childbearing age
• overweight (BMI > 25 kg/m2) or obese (BMI > 30 kg/m2)
• diagnosed with primary infertility -access to the internet-

Exclusion Criteria:

• over 40 years
• morbid or extreme obesity (BMI > 40 kg/m2)
• bilateral obstruction of the fallopian tubes
• endometriosis
• women whose partner has a severe male factor (oligoasthenoteratozoospermia).