Session Description
Amenorrhea due to altered body weight in women is the clinical manifestation of complex endocrine-reproductive interactions that impair hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian function. Both insufficient and excessive body fat can profoundly disrupt female reproduction and require careful medical history, physical examination and laboratory assessment to detect their serious adverse consequences on female fertility if not recognized and treated effectively. The present Meet the Professor session addresses the diagnostic evaluation and management of amenorrhea accompanying altered body weight in women, and provides efficient as well as cost-effective medical strategies to optimize the endocrine-reproductive health of these women and their offspring.