Maintaining muscles during menopause

Keeping active during menopause can help maintain a woman’s muscle mass, which is important to staying active and independent. — AFP

New European research has found that keeping physically active during menopause could help women maintain muscle mass.

Carried out by researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, the new study looked at 234 women aged 47 to 55, who were followed from perimenopause to early postmenopause, which is the stage after menopause when menstruation has permanently stopped.