Study: Obesity has damaging effects on sex life

A study in the British Medical Journal revealed that obesity has a damaging effect on people's sexual life, according to U.S. media reports Thursday.

There research was carried out by the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Paris and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

"In public health terms, the study lends a new slant to a familiar message: that obesity can harm not only health and longevity, but your sex life," said Sandy Goldbeck-Wood, a British gynecologist specializing in psychosexual medicine.