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To review and summarize evidence on how the menopause transition affects body weight and body composition.

September 15, 2012ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)Open Access

Understanding weight gain at menopause

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SDSusan R. Davis CCCamil Castelo‐Branco PCPeter Chedraui

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Literature review demonstrates increased total and abdominal adiposity during the menopause transition, indicating hormonal shifts drive adverse body composition changes.

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To review and summarize evidence on how the menopause transition affects body weight and body composition.
Searched Medline (1946–present) and PubMed (1966–2012) for English-language publications.
Identified studies examining menopause, midlife, and estrogen or hormone therapy in relation to obesity, body weight, and body composition.
Hormonal shifts across the menopause transition specifically drive increases in total body fat and abdominal fat accumulation rather than general weight gain alone.
Estrogen and combined estrogen-progestin therapies mitigate central fat accumulation, reduce overall fat mass, enhance insulin sensitivity, and lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes.

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Davis et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7fbbc8feefc34aa4422491 https://doi.org/10.3109/13697137.2012.707385

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September 15, 2012ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)Open Access

Understanding weight gain at menopause

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Authors

SDSusan R. Davis CCCamil Castelo‐Branco PCPeter Chedraui

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Overview

Literature review demonstrates increased total and abdominal adiposity during the menopause transition, indicating hormonal shifts drive adverse body composition changes.

Key Points

To review and summarize evidence on how the menopause transition affects body weight and body composition.
Searched Medline (1946–present) and PubMed (1966–2012) for English-language publications.
Identified studies examining menopause, midlife, and estrogen or hormone therapy in relation to obesity, body weight, and body composition.
Hormonal shifts across the menopause transition specifically drive increases in total body fat and abdominal fat accumulation rather than general weight gain alone.
Estrogen and combined estrogen-progestin therapies mitigate central fat accumulation, reduce overall fat mass, enhance insulin sensitivity, and lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes.

Cite This Study

Davis et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7fbbc8feefc34aa4422491 https://doi.org/10.3109/13697137.2012.707385

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