Physical exercise can help relieve menstrual problems of women who are overweight

Physical exercise can help relieve menstrual problems of overweight women

Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, May 3 (Liu Shiyue) A study led by the University of Queensland in Australia shows that physical exercise can help women who are overweight can relieve menstrual problems such as excessive bleeding and irregular cycles. The research has been published in the British journal "Human Reproduction".

Researchers used the physical data of 10,618 women collected by the "Australian Longitudinal Research on Women's Health" in 15 years to explore the relationship between physical exercise and women's physical indicators, including excessive bleeding during menstruation and irregular cycles.

Gabriella Mena, Ph.D. from the School of Human Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Queensland, said that women who are overweight are more likely to have irregular menstruation and excessive bleeding than women who are normal or underweight. However, by increasing the intensity of higher sports With exercise, women with obesity have a 19% reduction in the risk of excessive menstrual flow problems.

Meina said that this research is different from previous studies that focused on female athletes, but aimed at ordinary women. This highlights the importance of healthy physical indicators to prevent and alleviate menstrual problems. She suggested that women do more exercises such as walking, swimming, and biking on a daily basis. This not only helps to alleviate menstrual problems, but also prevents and manages some common diseases of obese patients, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease.