Infertility Risk Factors

Certain lifestyle and environmental factors increase the risk of infertility in both men and women:

• Smoking tobacco
• Excessive alcohol use
• Recreational drug use
• Obesity or being underweight
• Poor diet
• Chronic stress
• Lack of regular physical activity
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
• Exposure to environmental toxins
• Increasing age, especially for women after age 35.