Real Life Nutrition Questions Answered

Real Life Fitness Questions Answered

Emma Brown
Nutritionist

Janet Aylott
Nutritionist

Kelly Marshall
Fitness Consultant

Q.

Does menopause affect weight loss?

Can the pre-menopause and menopause affect your weight loss?

A.

Our expert says...

Many women often complain of weight gain around the menopause, but the real reason is probably to do with changes in lifestyle . For example, kids tend to be off hand so we are running round less, and you may even have a bit more disposable income to allow meals out etc.!

What also happens around the menopause, due to changes in hormones, is that there tends to be a shift in fat distribution which can feel like weight gain but is actually just everything moving places!. You?re likely to put on fat around the middle and become slightly more of an ?apple? whereas you might have been a ?pear? before. Being overweight and apple shaped is more dangerous for your health - linked with heart disease and diabetes - than is being overweight and pear shaped, so it's even more important to keep an eye on your weight now! As long as you keep to your calorie intake there is no reason you shouldn?t be successful though, but it may be a slightly slower process than before.

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