Where Has All the Testosterone Gone?

(theatlantic.com)

8 points | by fortran77 9 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • AngryData 7 hours ago

    We already know obesity significantly lowers testosterone, and we have never been fatter.

    • NietzscheanNull 5 hours ago

      Per the linked article, about midway through:

      > Obesity can’t explain the entire decrease, however. One large-scale, recent review found a testosterone slump despite researchers’ adjusting for the subjects’ body mass index. “Even among normal-weight men, we see that same decline,” Eisenberg said. Some analyses, he added, have suggested that testosterone has dropped off most profoundly among normal-weight men.