La voix dans l'obésité et l'amaigrissement

In previous contributions (1-3), we have addressed some hormonal characteristics on the voice such as in hypogonadism in Kallmann syndrome or excess growth hormone in acromegaly, with their characteristic changes in the voice. We studied the life of a jazz singer, the American Jimmy Scott, who suffered from Kallmann syndrome (1), and that of the Argentine tango singer Edmundo Rivero, who himself had acromegaly (2.3). In this article, we describe the voice changes that can be encountered in obesity. In doing so, we pay tribute to the hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, known as IZ, who died prematurely from complications of extreme obesity.