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If your ovaries make too many androgens (male sex hormones), you may have problems with your period. This hormonal imbalance can also cause you to gain weight. Hypothalamic obesity. Certain brain ...

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However, secondary causes — like endocrine disorders — may also lead to obesity in some cases. The endocrine system sends messages throughout the body by secreting hormones into the blood.

For example, high levels of circulating estrogen due to obesity or PCOS may lead to “difficulty getting pregnant, challenges with ovulation and lessened success with IVF,” says Dr. Choi.

Along with progesterone, "estrogen is one of two hormones secreted by the ovaries," says Andrew Greenberg, MD, director of the obesity and metabolism lab at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition ...