The Scotsman

Weight link to early menopause risk

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Being a skinny teenager increases the risk of having an early menopause – defined as ceasing to have periods before 45 – research suggests.

The same associatio­n was found for women who are underweigh­t in their mid- 30s.

Researcher­s analysed data from 78,759 pre- menopausal women aged 25 to 42 who joined the US Nurses’ Health Study II in 1989.

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