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Weight gain is common in women going through menopause. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including hormone fluctuations, muscle loss, poor sleep, and changes in eating and exercise habits.
Menopause, like any major milestone, can be a time to take stock of where you have been, where you are now, and where you want to go. As life circumstances change, so, too, can your sense of purpose.
We asked 1,500 women for their intimate thoughts about menopause — the best and worst symptoms, how they saw themselves and what they want others to know.
Women with vasomotor symptoms during menopause seem to have an especially unfavorable cardiometabolic profile, [36] as well as women with premature onset of menopause (before 45 years of age). [37] These risks can be reduced by managing risk factors, such as tobacco smoking, hypertension , increased blood lipids and body weight.
Menopause can be broken down into three stages, though Tang notes that menopause and perimenopause are typically grouped together. Perimenopause: Symptoms like hot flashes and mood swings start as ...
According to a recent study from Elektra Health, a digital platform that offers menopause-related education and support, only one in five women between the ages of 40 and 60 receive a menopause ...
The grandmother hypothesis is a hypothesis to explain the existence of menopause in human life history by identifying the adaptive value of extended kin networking. It builds on the previously postulated "mother hypothesis" which states that as mothers age, the costs of reproducing become greater, and energy devoted to those activities would be better spent helping her offspring in their ...
He postulates that if women survive beyond an age at which they can reproduce and men continue spermatogenesis, then old males can benefit greatly if they can copulate with younger females. It is theorised that increased use of tools and weapons compensates for the decline in natural fighting ability with age. [ 3 ]