"From the age of the 40s, the average weight of American women grow 1 pound (0.5 kg) each year," said Dr. Lewis Kuller, an obesity researcher at the University of Pittsburgh.
At first glance, perhaps the problem is not just because of eating more than usual or more servings of food, but rarely waste water.
But other things like hormone levels to the size of dinner plates can also affect the actual weight. This does not include physiological factors and lifestyle changes are almost never considered.
To find out what factors influence body weight, consider the exposure is quoted from foxnews, Monday (06/08/2012) below.
1. Reduced muscle mass
You can gain weight if you get older. This is arguably a natural process.
According to experts, at the end of the age of 30, usually muscle tissue, a major calorie burner in your body will decrease to then be replaced by fat.
"Muscles can burn 3 times more calories than fat, even at rest," said John M. Jakicic, an exercise physiologist at the University of Pittsburgh.
With age, the network is also no longer working efficiently. The effect, you would not be able to exercise as hard as in their 20s and you have a smaller muscle mass, so less able to burn the snacks you eat last night.
Solution:
Order was quickly reduced muscle mass, you can do strength training (strength training). This method not only increases the mass of muscle tissue but also strengthens the bone so you can stay active longer and exercise harder.
Many studies have shown that post-menopausal women who do strength training can remain active in carrying out daily routines such as walking, climbing stairs and carrying groceries and such activities also help prevent weight gain.
2. Rise and fall of hormone
When 40-year-old, she will begin to produce less of certain hormones such as estrogen. Conditions that occur before menopause that most often lead to weight gain than when menopause itself (about age 51).
"Because estrogen responsible for the management of appetite, many women are addicted to eating or feeling more hungry than usual due to hormone levels go down," said Jennifer Lovejoy, dean of the School of Nutrition and Exercise Science, Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington.
Estrogen also affects the distribution of fat in your body so that when hormone levels decline, body fat also tend to migrate from the hips and thighs to the waist.
Abdominal fat is not only likely to cause health problems like heart disease and diabetes but the most difficult for reduced when compared with the fat in other body parts.
"Although you have attempted weight control and exercise, theres nothing you can do if you will, sooner or later you will definitely be a little waist widened," said Lovejoy.
In addition, at the age of the 40s, women (and men) have declined dramatically growth hormone levels, whereas this hormone function to break down fat and prevent fat storage around the abdomen so that when the hormone is further reduced, your stomach will bulge.
But belly fat can also accumulate in response to stress or stress conditions. This is because of the stress hormone cortisol to channel or to the center of body fat and increased desire to eat high-fat diet in women when women are very susceptible to stress.
"If you are stressed and vulnerable people have high cortisol levels so do not expect your weight to normal," said Elissa Epel, a psychologist from the University of California, San Francisco.
Solution:
Actually not much you can do to prevent hormonal changes that affect body shape. There was no evidence that hormone replacement therapy can help overcome this.
Instead you can do is to go through a sensible diet and exercise to reduce stress and minimize the spread (including reduced levels of kortisolnya) to relax, sleep enough, exercise and look for other ways such as through a hobby that you can remain calm.
3. Eat a portion of more than usual
A number of achievements during adult life can cause you to gain weight.
Some studies show that marriage and having children can cause weight gain. It may be that this is because women tend to equate eating with her husband serving a portion of a lot more.
A study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine also found that housewives who have children tend to eat more fat and calories than housewives who do not or have not had children.
Even if you have undergone the same diet for 20 years, you can still gain weight with age you are.
Solution:
"People who like to weigh their weight every day an average of 7-8 pounds (3.2 to 3.6 kg) lighter than those who do not do it," said Robert Jeffery, an epidemiologist and obesity expert from the University of Minnesota , Minneapolis.
By frequently checking the weight then you will tend to reduce meal portions or increase certain activities that do not gain weight.
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