Avoid weight gain menopause it is possible, if enough time is given to physical activity before its onset, an international team of scientists, with the participation of specialists from the University of Bristol, found out. They talked regarding it in a magazine article. Menopause.
Postmenopausal women often experience weight gain, which brings additional health problems. To figure out how to deal with this, the researchers looked at the metabolic profiles of 3,312 middle-aged British women, 1,492 of whom were retested following menopause. The researchers were also interested in the lifestyle of these women and how their fat mass changed. In menopause, adipose tissue really became larger, it was redistributed to the stomach. Decreased proportion of bone and muscle mass. The greatest changes occurred between premenopause, when the levels of sex hormones in the body begin to decline, and perimenopause, when the first symptoms of menopause appear. However, moderate physical activity and a generally healthy lifestyle minimized negative effects. In postmenopause, the condition stabilized, and it was already more difficult to influence it.
“This study draws attention to the adverse changes in metabolism and body composition that occur during menopause, which contribute to an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease,” the authors noted. To reduce the impact of menopause on metabolism and not gain weight, the researchers recommend that even before it begins to focus on exercises aimed at gaining muscle mass, as well as exercises of medium and high intensity.
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