That's one of the biggest complaints that I get from patients is that they attribute weight gain to menopause. Where we have to sort things out is what's attributable to menopause? What's attributable to just aging? In men and women, weight gain is usually attributed to ... The biggest part of weight gain is attributed to just aging. That has to do more with the adrenal glands than the ovaries. Hormone therapy may help with that. It may not.
Generally, we have to make adjustments in dietary intake and exercise that's gonna help lose weight. There's unfortunately no magic cure for that problem, and it's the most common thing that people complain about but it's not absolutely related to menopause
There's a lot of marketing on commercials for products that you hear about on the radio that define, that describe that that's the biggest concern and symptom of menopause, but that's not actually correct. It's more just to do with aging
