Chapter 2, Problem 2RQ

Summary Introduction

To examine: Whether the statement “Nutrient intake from food, calorie intake, and body fat affect fertility primarily by altering the environment in which eggs and sperm develop, and modifying levels of hormones involved in reproductive processes” is true or false.

Introduction: Reproductive system (or genital system) is involved in sexual reproduction. The male and female reproductive systems’ function is to propagate the species. Gestation or pregnancy is the period during which offspring develops within the uterus of a sexually mature woman.