By how much does the speaker say diabetes increases the risk of erectile dysfunction?

Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Why Obesity is a Major Risk Factor for ED? #obesity #ed #shorts #viral #erectiledysfunction

25 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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Short educational video by Anne Truong MD explaining that obesity is a major risk factor for erectile dysfunction (ED). The speaker states that excess weight can lead to diabetes, and that diabetes increases the risk of ED by six-fold; the clip lists multiple mechanisms linking obesity to ED.

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Six-fold.

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Obesity is a major risk factor for erectile dysfunction. Men who are overweight or who are obese are more likely to experience ED than those who are healthy. The risk of ED increasing with increasing body mass index. Let me tell you why. There are several mechanisms by which obesity can lead to ed. These include Number one, First, excess weight can actually lead to diabetes. What that means is that it's a development of diabetes which then lead to more increasing risk of ed. Because diabetes can increase the risk of ED by six fold.