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A breakfast comprising of two eggs may help overweight adults shed those extra pounds, a research claims. Eating the egg breakfast helps overweight adults lose 65% more weight and feel more energetic, a new study by an Indian-origin researcher suggests.

Nikhil V Dhurandhar, PhD, lead researcher and associate professor in the laboratory of infection and obesity at Pennington Biomedical Research Center of the Louisiana State University, said that eating at least two eggs in the morning can help obese people shed extra pounds more efficiently.

According to him, the egg diet in the morning helps in losing 65 per cent weight in overweight people, than those who eat bagel breakfast of equal calories.

The team of Louisiana State University researchers reached their findings after examining a total of 152 adults between 25 to 60 years of age. The body mass indexdefine (BMI) of all the study subjects was greater than or equal to 25 or 50kg m-2.

Excess weight can put a man at an increased risk of reducing his chances of fatherhood, Fertility doctors have warned. Researchers in Scotland have found said Wednesday that extra pounds can contribute to fertility problems in men, suggesting yet another reason for men to avoid piling on the pounds.

Presented Wednesday at 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, the research shows that obese men have less seminal fluid and poorer quality sperm than men of normal weight. It recommends that men should try to lose extra weight before trying to have a baby.

To reach their findings, the research team, headed by said Dr Ghiyath Shayeb, from the University of Aberdeen, looked at 5,316 men attending Aberdeen Fertility Centre after having difficulties conceiving, and found a clear link between rising bodyweight and dramatically falling sperm quality.