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Effect of a very-low-calorie diet on in vitro fertilization outcomes.

Tsagareli V, Noakes M, Norman RJ

The University of Adelaide, Research Centre for Reproductive Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Adelaide, Australia. victoria.tsagareli@adelaide.edu.au

A low-calorie diet in a group of overweight or obese patients for a short period before and during IVF results in variable tolerance to the dietary regime and an unsatisfactory IVF outcome.

Published 4 July 2006 in Fertil Steril, 86(1): 227-9.
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