 [ Symptoms ] my son is 8 years old and has been having abnormal blood work for 2 years now [ Disease ] exercise is key for everything i mean studies have shown that women who go into menopause with 20 pounds over are at increased risk for breast cancer increased risk for heart disease increased risk for strokes and therefore if you are going to go and go through this period and you are not exercising and you are not trying to keep your weight at what it was you are definitely going to be at risk for a whole lot of diseases