age for menopause to stop
1 Aerobic activity can help you shed excess pounds and maintain a healthy weight. 2  Strength training counts, too. 3  As you gain muscle, your body burns calories more efficiently — which makes it easier to control your weight. The average age of menopause is 51. That means that almost half of all women have their last period and reach menopause before that age, and some women may not have even started perimenopause yet. There's no magic formula for preventing — or reversing — menopause weight gain. Simply stick to weight-control basics: 1  Move more. 2  Aerobic activity can help you shed excess pounds and maintain a healthy weight. 3  Strength training counts, too. Radiation can make your ovaries stop working, as can some treatments like chemotherapy for cancer. In the past when menopausal symptoms developed before age 40, it was referred to as “premature menopause.” However, the term “premature menopause” is no longer considered scientifically accurate. It sounds as though you may be confusing menopause and menopausal symptoms. Menopause is the cessation of menstrual periods, when you no longer ovulate and the ovaries stop producing estrogen. It is a forever thing. Once your periods stop, you shouldn't have any more. If you do have bleeding after one year without periods, you should be evaluated by your doctor, because such bleeding may be linked to another health problem. The result of menopause can be menopausal symptoms. It is a common mistake to use the word menopause to describe this whole transition. The menopausal transition occurs at a time in a woman’s reproductive life when the production of estrogen and progesterone, two hormones made by the ovaries, may vary dramatically and unpredictably. Before age 40, a menopause-like condition can happen for no known reason, or it can be caused by radiation treatment, some medicines like those used in chemotherapy, an autoimmunity (some of a woman’s own body cells attacking her ovary or ovaries), or genetic errors. At any age before natural menopause, an operation to remove both ovaries or the uterus results in “surgical menopause.” The medical term for the operation is a hysterectomy (surgery to remove the uterus) or bilateral oophorectomy (surgery to remove both ovaries). Menopause weight gain can have serious implications for your health. Excess weight increases the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and various types of cancer, including colorectal cancer and breast cancer. Simply stick to weight-control basics: 1  Move more. 2  Eat less. 3  Seek support.
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