Dear Dr. Fulbright,
If a man has hang-ups about his body or is nervous to be nude in front of his partner, how can this negatively affect his sex life? My husband has put on weight and seems more sexually self-conscious because of it.
—Meg

Like females, when a guy has body image hang ups, he’s going to be self-conscious during sex. He’s going to be more in his head, worrying about what his lover thinks and how he looks versus losing himself in the moment. He will also not be in the mood for sex as much, or seek it out as often. He may also be more inhibited when he does have sex, for example, lights off or sex in certain positions where she’s less likely to see him.

For both sexes, in feeling out of shape, a person doesn’t feel as sexy. It’s also harder to move — a person is going to feel more sluggish, far from peak performance. People report more vibrant sex lives when they’re in shape and exercising.

Dr. Yvonne Kristín Fulbright is a sex educator, relationship expert, columnist and founder of Sexuality Source Inc. She is the author of several books including, “Touch Me There! A Hands-On Guide to Your Orgasmic Hot Spots.”

Tipping the scale at 330 pounds, 47-year-old Cindy Schreiner decided to get gastric bypass surgery in 2002.

“I was downtown on 9-11,” Schreiner recounted. “And I couldn’t run … I had a colleague pulling me down the street saying, ‘come on, you can run, you can run’ and I just thought, I can’t move anymore and I was so huge.”

It was turning point for Schreiner, who has lost 185 pounds to date.

But working out daily and changing her eating habits has not helped Schreiner obtain the body she has always wanted.

“I would grab the skin and go I want this gone,” she told FOXNews.com. “Because I had worked so hard to lose the weight and I didn’t see all the benefits because the skin was hanging.” (Continue)

The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that seem to offer a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal battle.

“That is a first encouraging finding in what has been unremittingly bad news,” said Dr. David Ludwig, director of an obesity clinic at Children’s Hospital Boston. “But it’s too soon to know if this really means we’re beginning to make meaningful inroads into this epidemic. It may simply be a statistical fluke.”

The study, conducted by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, found that roughly 32 percent of children were overweight but not obese, 16 percent were obese and 11 percent were extremely obese.