{"id":292,"date":"2011-05-16T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2011-05-16T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T05:30:13","slug":"obesity-leads-to-less-satisfying-sex-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/obesity-leads-to-less-satisfying-sex-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity Leads To Less Satisfying Sex Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity can lead to erectile dysfunction in men, and now <a href=\"\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/hsn\/20110504\/hl_hsn\/obesepeoplehavelesssatisfyingsexlivesstudy\" target=\"_blank\">studies<\/a> also show that obese women suffer from lower sexual satisfaction  leading to an overall lower sexual quality of life. Being  obese not only has adverse effect on the general quality of life (can  lead to heart problems, diabetes etc.) but can also create intimacy  issues.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for lower quality of sex life for obese people are both  physical and psychological. Being overweight means that there is  restricted physical movement due to excessive fat and the lack of  exercise means that there is not much stamina which is needed to enjoy  sex.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of obese people, especially women are very conscious of their  physical appearance, generally leading to lower self esteem, which makes  sexual intimacy that much more uncomfortable for them.<\/p>\n<p>If one is obese it is obvious that making changes like monitoring their  diet, incorporating exercises in their daily routine etc are important  to improve their overall and sexual health, but it is also as important  to feel good about themselves, to be able to accept their own  physicality and realize that they can still enjoy their sex life  in-spite of being overweight.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing issues about their sex life is uncomfortable for most people  and obese folks are no different. But there are qualified<a href=\"\/\/www.draroras.com\"> sexologists and sex therapists<\/a> who can help them in understanding and resolving  their sexual health related concerns. It is important to reach out for  help and not suffer unnecessarily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obesity can lead to erectile dysfunction in men, and now studies also show that obese women suffer from lower sexual satisfaction leading to an overall lower sexual quality of life. Being obese not only has adverse effect on the general quality of life (can lead to heart problems, diabetes etc.) but can also create intimacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47,22,5,64],"tags":[26,65,33,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-female-sexual-health","7":"category-general-health","8":"category-sex-health-trends","9":"category-sexual-health-general-health","10":"tag-health-tips","11":"tag-obesity","12":"tag-sex-problems","13":"tag-sexual-health","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}