The time of menopause depends on the way of life
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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The onset of premature menopause is most affected by smoking. In smokers, menopause occurs two years earlier than others, says the physician Daniel Morris of the English Cancer Research Institute. And overweight, on the contrary, postpones the arrival of menopause for about 1 year.
Doctors associate the age at which menopause begins with the risk factors for chronic diseases. For example, the older age is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer. It is believed that menopause occurs when the number of ovarian follicles falls below a certain mark. Usually a woman's ovaries stop producing eggs in 41-55 years.
Previous studies have shown that genetic causes, smoking, and the lack of children provoke an early onset of menopause. Synthetic chemical compounds that can be found in almost all things around the modern person, from food packages to clothes containing perfluorocarbons, provoke early development of menopause. For women who spend a lot of time training or sitting on diets rich in polyunsaturated fats, menopause begins earlier.
But Morris considered that these facts are unconvincing, and it is necessary to conduct a second study.
She studied the data of approximately 51,000 women aged 40-98 years. Approximately 21,500 women have already experienced menopause. Women who collected about 14 kg. In 25-30 years, faced with menopause for a year later than others. Late menopause was also associated with the habit of drinking more than two drinks a day at the age of 25-49 years. The timing of the onset of menopause was also successful for large mothers.