LOVE YOUR post-menopause body

For some women, going through menopause feels like moving into an unrecognisable body.

Many women experience weight gain at menopause, particularly around the abdomen. Factors contributing to this include declining oestrogen levels, age-related loss of muscle tissue, diet and insufficient exercise. While it’s important to maintain a healthy weight, preserving the same figure after menopause is usually unrealistic. But it is possible to embrace your post-menopause body – without resorting to unhealthy dieting or punishing exercise regimes.

‘Research indicates that 80% of women are dissatisfied with their bodies’

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While poor body image was previously seen as afflicting just teenagers and young women, we now know post-menopausal women are affected at the same rate, explains Sharryn