DO ALL WOMEN EXPERIENCE MENOPAUSE IN THE SAME WAY?
Menopause experiences are different among individual women in different menopause age, and also among women in different cultures and in different parts of the world. Research has shown that women’s experience of menopause can be related to many things, including genetics, diet, lifestyle and social and cultural attitudes toward older women.
For example:
Japanese women report fewer hot flashes and other symptoms.
Thai women record a high incidence of headaches.
Scottish women record fewer severe symptoms.
Greek women report a high rate of hot flashes.
Mayan women report no symptoms.
Some scholars wonder if the North American emphasis on youth and lack of respect for older people contributes to a more difficult menopausal transition here.
The typical North American diet, high in saturated fats and sugars, along with our in-active lifestyle and low childbirth rate, may also contribute to the physical complaints common to many North American women at menopause.
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