“…Hypersecretion of LH and an increased LH/FSH ratio unfavorable for folliculogenesis are frequently found in obese infertility patients (15). An association between acute energy depletion or food intake and LH secretory dynamics is reported in normal women, athletes, and men (16)(17)(18)(19). Clinical data on the effects of weight reduction on longer term gonadotropin function in overweight women are limited.…”