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Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by idleplant on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @04:49PM (#48823541)
> Obesity was also not controlled for, which is known to be strongly correlated with low testosterone.
Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by adam_arthur on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:07PM (#48824631)
Testosterone is directly causally inverse to bodyfat in men (once above some very low baseline)

Fat directly converts testosterone to Estrogen via a process called aromatization.

Personally my Testosterone close to doubled when going from 25% bodyfat to 13%. I get blood tests regularly and can see the levels fluctuate pretty closely with fat levels

Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by moffkalast on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:36PM (#48824971)
My takeaway from this is that obesity... is the cure for baldness? xd
Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by vinyl7 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:37PM (#48824983)
Baldness is caused by dht
Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by cromka on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @07:11PM (#48825266)
Which is a byproduct of testosterone, so...
Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by dumberquestions on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @01:11AM (#48827781)
Even if more testosterone means more DHT, most of the variability in hair loss is explained by differences in DHT sensitivity levels.
Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by moffkalast on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @04:36AM (#48829237)
It would explain why fat people are more often than not bald anyway and why Styropyro has the most hair I've ever seen on a person regardless of his condition.
Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by idleplant on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @04:53PM (#48823590)
In the past decade, research suggests that testosterone levels have actually gone up[1].

[1]https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/why-are-testosterone-levels-risin...

Re:Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 ... by tokai on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:11PM (#48824672)
Really makes the study completely pointless when the last 50 years has also seen the rise of the global obesity epidemic.