Working out for inner health
3rd June 2014
By Staff writer
A/PROF NIGEL STEPTO PhD
MSc, BSc Med (Hons), BSc, AEP (ESSA)
Researcher, Victoria University

POLYCYSTIC ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common and the most complex endocrinopathy, affecting up to 18% of Australian women of reproductive age.
PCOS has reproductive (anovulation, subfertility), metabolic (obesity, insulin resistance, increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease) and mental health (anxiety, depression, quality of