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Study suggests hormonal contraceptives do not cause women to gain weight.(Gynecology)
WASHINGTON -- Women's perceptions that they gain weight when taking hormonal contraceptives are not realities, according to a randomized study.
Data from a poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals refuted the long-held association between use of hormonal contraception and weight gain, showing that women's perceived weight changes didn't match their actual weight changes while using contraceptives.
Concerns about weight gain may lead women to discontinue hormonal contraception, according to Lauren Osborne, a graduate student, and colleagues at Columbia University, New York. No significant weight changes occurred from baseline among women who used hormonal contraception in the form of either a pill or the vaginal ring in their randomized study of 201 subjects.
Overall, 167 of the 201 women completed ...
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