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. 2015 Jun;64(6):371-2.

HelpDesk answers: do hormonal contraceptives lead to weight gain?

Maria Albright  1 , Saira Rani  1 , Thomas Gavagan  1
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  • PMID: 26172631

HelpDesk answers: do hormonal contraceptives lead to weight gain?

Maria Albright et al. J Fam Pract. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

It depends. Weight doesn't appear to increase with combined oral contraception (OC) compared with nonhormonal contraception, but percent body fat may increase slightly. Depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate injection (DMPA) users experience weight gain compared with OC and nonhormonal contraception (NH) users.

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