Sleep, Health, and Metabolism in  Midlife Women and Menopause

Sleep and metabolism are essential components of health. Metabolic health depends largely on individual ’s lifestyle. Disturbances in sleep health, such as changes in sleep patterns that are associated with menopause/reproductive aging and chronologic aging, may have metabolic health consequences. Sleep restriction and age-related changes in sleep and circadian rhythms may influence changes in appet ite and reproductive hormones, energy expenditure, and body adiposity. In this article, the authors describe how menopause-related sleep disturbance may affect eating behavior patterns, immunometabolism, immunometabolic dysfunction, and associations between sleep and metabolic outcomes.
Source: Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics - Category: OBGYN Authors: Source Type: research