The quality of sexual and reproductive health is influenced by lifestyle, nutrition, and dysmetabolic diseases, including overweight, obesity, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, prediabetes, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
In recent years, several studies were conducted evaluating the different types of diets and nutritional habits impacting male and female sexuality and/or reproductive health. The most commonly analyzed endpoint were erectile function, libido, testosterone or estradiol levels, semen parameters or oocyte quality and function. Also, novel insights on the possible implications of microbiota in human reproduction have been proposed. Furthermore, unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as smoking, alcohol, or substance abuse, lack or excess of physical activity, can also affect sexual and reproductive health. Thus, all the aforementioned conditions may improve or worse sexual and reproductive health, as well-proven risk factors. Gathering together pathophysiological, clinical, and pharmacological evidence relating sexual and reproductive health to the aforementioned conditions can help to clarify the gap of knowledge, and to provide guidance for clinicians.
This research topic aims to extensively explore the role of nutrition, and of using different types of diets, on sexual and reproductive health in both genders. All the components of a balanced lifestyle, as any abuse or physical activities, will be also assessed. Furthermore, one of the goals is to extend the knowledge toward the crucial role of dysmetabolic diseases (e.g. overweight, obesity, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, prediabetes, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome) on human sexual and reproductive health. Finally, the role of pharmacological treatments, with special interest for the new antidiabetic drugs (e.g. DPP4is, GLP1ra, SGLT-2is), and even of new technologies on sexuality and reproduction will be focused by this research topic.
The scope of this Research topic is to improve the knowledge about sexual and/or reproductive health related to dysmetabolic diseases and/or related to nutritional/lifestyle changes.
The Topic Editors welcome particularly manuscripts on the following themes:
- nutrition and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- lifestyle and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- pharmacological treatment of dysmetabolic diseases and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- overweight/obesity and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- prediabetes/diabetes and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- dysmetabolism and sexual and/or reproductive health.
Original articles on clinical and/or basic research, and systematic reviews and metanalysis are strongly recommended for submission.
The quality of sexual and reproductive health is influenced by lifestyle, nutrition, and dysmetabolic diseases, including overweight, obesity, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, prediabetes, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
In recent years, several studies were conducted evaluating the different types of diets and nutritional habits impacting male and female sexuality and/or reproductive health. The most commonly analyzed endpoint were erectile function, libido, testosterone or estradiol levels, semen parameters or oocyte quality and function. Also, novel insights on the possible implications of microbiota in human reproduction have been proposed. Furthermore, unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as smoking, alcohol, or substance abuse, lack or excess of physical activity, can also affect sexual and reproductive health. Thus, all the aforementioned conditions may improve or worse sexual and reproductive health, as well-proven risk factors. Gathering together pathophysiological, clinical, and pharmacological evidence relating sexual and reproductive health to the aforementioned conditions can help to clarify the gap of knowledge, and to provide guidance for clinicians.
This research topic aims to extensively explore the role of nutrition, and of using different types of diets, on sexual and reproductive health in both genders. All the components of a balanced lifestyle, as any abuse or physical activities, will be also assessed. Furthermore, one of the goals is to extend the knowledge toward the crucial role of dysmetabolic diseases (e.g. overweight, obesity, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, prediabetes, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome) on human sexual and reproductive health. Finally, the role of pharmacological treatments, with special interest for the new antidiabetic drugs (e.g. DPP4is, GLP1ra, SGLT-2is), and even of new technologies on sexuality and reproduction will be focused by this research topic.
The scope of this Research topic is to improve the knowledge about sexual and/or reproductive health related to dysmetabolic diseases and/or related to nutritional/lifestyle changes.
The Topic Editors welcome particularly manuscripts on the following themes:
- nutrition and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- lifestyle and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- pharmacological treatment of dysmetabolic diseases and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- overweight/obesity and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- prediabetes/diabetes and sexual and/or reproductive health,
- dysmetabolism and sexual and/or reproductive health.
Original articles on clinical and/or basic research, and systematic reviews and metanalysis are strongly recommended for submission.