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28 wrz 2023 · Experts share the latest strategies to help women prevent or reverse midlife weight gain, including exercise, diet, and, when appropriate, weight loss drugs.
12 cze 2012 · Weight gain is a major health concern for women at midlife. Weight gain per se does not appear to be affected by the hormonal changes of the menopause. The fall in estrogen at menopause favors central abdominal fat accumulation.
It has been documented that during the menopausal transition, women gain an average of 1 pound per year. However, average weight gain varies widely with 20% of women gaining 10 pounds or more during this transition period [ 10 ].
The current analysis evaluates a large sub cohort within the Women’s Health Initiative observational study (WHI-OS). The objective was to analyze the use of drugs suspected to promote weight gain in relation to changes in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in postmenopausal women.
5 sie 2024 · Weight gain during menopause is a common complaint. Research shows over 43% of menopausal women have obesity and that women gain about 1.5 pounds per year during their 50s and 60s. The weight tends to settle in the abdominal region.
1 lip 2007 · For some (e.g. certain serotonin reuptake inhibitors, oral contraceptives), the evidence of an effect on body weight is less consistent, 9 while others are consistently associated with weight gain, and are considered obesogenic 3,,10–12 .
Learning Objectives: On completion of this article, you should be able to (1) summarize the weight and body composition changes in women during aging and menopause, (2) describe a practical approach to weight manage-ment in midlife women, and (3) describe the role of menopausal hormone therapy, weight loss medications, and bariatric surgery in t...
