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Gynoid fat will accumulate in the hips, lower belly, thighs, buttocks, pubis, upper arms, and breasts while the body burns fat in the ribcage, upper waist, shoulders, and back. [299] However, fat will not simply move from one spot to another. There must be sufficient caloric intake to deposit gynoid fat, and sufficient activity to burn android fat.
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.
Gynoid fat contributes toward the female body shape that girls begin to develop at puberty; it is stored in the hips, thighs and bottom. [7] This process is modulated by estrogen, the female sex hormone, causing the female form to store higher levels of fat than the male form, which is affected primarily by testosterone.
HRT replaces the hormones oestrogen or progestogen, or both, when women's periods stop - normally between the ages of 45 and 55. It is administered using gels, creams, pessaries, tablets or sprays
Observational studies of systemic HRT after breast cancer are generally reassuring. If HRT is necessary after breast cancer, estrogen-only therapy or estrogen therapy with a progestogen may be safer options than combined systemic therapy. [80] In women who are BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers, HRT does not appear to impact breast cancer risk. [81]
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should be offered as the first treatment to ease menopause symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats, according to the latest advice from health watchdog NICE
After menopause, with the reduced production of estrogen by the ovaries, there is a tendency for fat to redistribute from a female's buttocks, hips and thighs to her waist or abdomen. [ 20 ] The breasts of girls and women in early stages of development commonly are "high" and rounded, dome- or cone-shaped, and protrude almost horizontally from ...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - As Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly expand sales of their popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs, cheaper copies of their patented remedies are winning approval from some regulators ...