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Regular workouts reduce menopause symptoms

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Houston: Middle-aged women who exercise regularly report a higher

quality of lifeand reduced symptoms of menopause, according to a new

study.

According to a population-based study published in the January 2015

issue of Maturitas, Women with the recommended level of physical

activity had a higher self-perceived health level, better relative

health, and better global quality of life in relation to other women

their age.

The survey was conducted on 2606 women from Finland's population

registry, representing a 52 per cent response rate. All born in 1963,

making them 49 years old at the time of the study.

Of those, 28 per cent were still menstruating regularly, 31 per cent

were perimenopausal, and 23 per cent had not menstruated in the past

12 months.

The menopausal status of the other 18 per cent could not be determined

because they were taking hormone replacement therapy.

5 hours per week of moderate activity (eg, fast-paced walking) or 1.25

hours of vigorous activity (such as jogging or running), and if they

also did any strength or balance training at least twice a week.

Just more than half of the participants (51 per cent) met the

definition of being physically active.

The less-active women were more likely to score highly for anxiety or

depressed mood.

Vasomotor symptoms, or hot flashes, were more common in less-active

women before adjusting for body mass index and education, but after

these calculations, they were not statistically significant.

Overall, the more active women had greater self-perceived health and

global quality of life compared with other women their age.

Crisis is not due to others its is due to our inability to anticipate.

Women who engage in less than the recommended amount of exercise may

still see some benefits, causing the observed effect of exercise to be

smaller than it really is.

Women experiencing more severe symptoms, whether physical or mental,

may be less likely to engage in exercise.

Credit: PTI

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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