FlegalKM, CarrollMD, OgdenCL, CurtinLR. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999–2008. JAMA, 2010; 303:235–241.
2.
TothMJ, TchernofA, SitesCK, PoehlmanET. Menopause-related changes in body fat distribution. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2000; 904:502–506.
3.
MacdonaldHM, NewSA, CampbellMK, ReidDM. Longitudinal changes in weight in perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women: Effects of dietary energy intake, energy expenditure, dietary calcium intake and hormone replacement therapy. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord, 2003; 27:669–676.
4.
DouchiT, YamamotoS, YoshimitsuN, AndohT, MatsuoT, NagataY. Relative contribution of aging and menopause to changes in lean and fat mass in segmental regions. Maturitas, 2002; 42:301–306.
5.
PoehlmanET, TothMJ, BunyardLB, et al.Physiological predictors of increasing total and central adiposity in aging men and women. Arch Intern Med, 1995; 155:2443–2448.
6.
PatelSR, MalhotraA, WhiteDP, GottliebDJ, HuFB. Association between reduced sleep and weight gain in women. Am J Epidemiol, 2006; 164:947–954.
7.
BrombergerJT, MatthewsKA, SchottLL, et al.Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). J Affect Disord, 2007; 103:267–272.
8.
LizcanoF, GuzmanG. Estrogen deficiency and the origin of obesity during menopause. Biomed Res Int, 2014; 2014:757461.
9.
FolsomAR, KushiLH, AndersonKE, et al.Associations of general and abdominal obesity with multiple health outcomes in older women: The Iowa Women's Health Study. Arch Intern Med, 2000; 160:2117–2128.
10.
Sutton-TyrrellK, ZhaoX, SantoroN, et al.Reproductive hormones and obesity: 9 years of observation from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Am J Epidemiol, 2010; 171:1203–1213.
11.
MansonJE, WillettWC, StampferMJ, et al.Body weight and mortality among women. N Engl J Med, 1995; 333:677–685.
12.
Lauby-SecretanB, ScocciantiC, LoomisD, et al.Body fatness and cancer—Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group. N Engl J Med, 2016; 375:794–798.
13.
CalleEE, RodriguezC, Walker-ThurmondK, ThunMJ. Overweight, obesity, and mortality from cancer in a prospectively studied cohort of U.S. adults. N Engl J Med, 2003; 348:1625–1638.
14.
ThurstonRC, SowersMR, SternfeldB, et al.Gains in body fat and vasomotor symptom reporting over the menopausal transition: The study of women's health across the nation. Am J Epidemiol, 2009; 170:766–774.
15.
KroenkeCH, CaanBJ, StefanickML, et al.Effects of a dietary intervention and weight change on vasomotor symptoms in the Women's Health Initiative. Menopause, 2012; 19:980–988.
16.
FaubionSS, RulloJE. Sexual dysfunction in women: A practical approach. Am Fam Physician, 2015; 92:281–288.
17.
NackersLM, AppelhansBM, SegawaE, JanssenI, DuganSA, KravitzHM. Associations between body mass index and sexual functioning in midlife women: The study of women's health across the nation. Menopause, 2015; 22:1175–1181.
18.
Simoncig NetjasovA, Tancic-GajicM, IvovicM, MarinaL, ArizanovicZ, VujovicS. Influence of obesity and hormone disturbances on sexuality of women in the menopause. Gynecol Endocrinol, 2016; 32:762–766.
19.
SacksFM, BrayGA, CareyVJ, et al.Comparison of weight-loss diets with different compositions of fat, protein, and carbohydrates. N Engl J Med, 2009; 360:859–873.
20.
SalpeterSR, WalshJM, OrmistonTM, GreyberE, BuckleyNS, SalpeterEE. Meta-analysis: Effect of hormone-replacement therapy on components of the metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Diabetes Obes Metab, 2006; 8:538–554.
21.
MansonJE, ChlebowskiRT, StefanickML, et al.Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the Women's Health Initiative randomized trials. JAMA, 2013; 310:1353–1368.
