[
Ahlawat P, Singh MM, Garg S, Mala SY. Prevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in postmenopausal women in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi. J Midlife Health 10 33–36, 2019.10.4103/jmh.JMH_66_18645907031001054
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Ajilore O, Haroon E, Kumaran S, Darwin C, Binesh N, Mintz J, Miller J, Thomas MA, Kumar A. Measurement of brain metabolites in patients with type 2 diabetes and major depression using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neuropsychopharmacol l32, 1224–1231, 2007.10.1038/sj.npp.130124817180124
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Atlantis E, Ball K. Association between weight perception and psychological distress. Int J Obes 32, 715–721, 2008.10.1038/sj.ijo.080376218408736
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Bagnoli VR, Fonseca AM, Arie WM, Das Neves EM, Azevedo RS, Sorpreso IC, Soares Junior JM, Baracat EC. Metabolic disorder and obesity in 5027 Brazilian postmenopausal women. Gynecol Endocrinol 30, 717–720, 2014.10.3109/09513590.2014.92586924898135
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Baudrand R, Vaidya A. Cortisol dysregulation in obesity-related metabolic disorders. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 22, 143–149, 2015.10.1097/MED.0000000000000152451768125871955
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Berger NA. Obesity and cancer pathogenesis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1311, 57–76, 2014.10.1111/nyas.12416450003724725147
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Blaxter M. Criteria for the evaluation of qualitative research papers. Med Sociol News 22, 68–71, 1996.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Carr MC. The emergence of the metabolic syndrome with menopause. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88, 2404–2411, 2003.10.1210/jc.2003-03024212788835
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Chedraui P, Hidalgo L, Chavez D, Morocho N, Alvarado M, Huc A. Quality of life among postmenopausal Ecuadorian women participating in a metabolic syndrome screening program. Maturitas 56, 45–53, 2007.10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.05.00816797890
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Chedraui P, Perez-Lopez FR. Nutrition and health during mid-life: searching for solutions and meeting challenges for the aging population. Climacteric 16(Suppl), 85–95, 2013.10.3109/13697137.2013.80288423651240
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Chedraui P, Miguel GS, Villacreses D, Dominguez A, Jaramillo W, Escobar GS, Perez-Lopez FR, Genazzani AR, Simoncini T. Assessment of insomnia and related risk factors in postmenopausal women screened for the metabolic syndrome. Maturitas 74, 154–159, 2013.10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.10.01723176759
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Chedraui P, Perez-Lopez FR, Hidalgo L, Villacreses D, Dominguez A, Escobar GS, Genazzani AR, Simoncini T. Evaluation of the presence and severity of menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women screened for the metabolic syndrome. Gynecol Endocrinol 30, 918–924, 2014.10.3109/09513590.2014.97123625347000
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Chojnacki C, Walecka-Kapica E, Klupinska G, Pawlowicz M, Blonska A, Chojnacki J. Effects of fluoxetine and melatonin on mood, sleep quality and body mass index in postmenopausal women. J Physiol Pharmacol 66, 665–671, 2015.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
da Costa Pimenta W, Santos Brant Rocha J, Prates Caldeira A, Araújo Veloso Popoff D, Maia Santos V, Murça de Souza JE, Marques MS, Piana Santos Lima de Oliveira F, Rodrigues Caldeira DM, Souza Guerra Júnior GE, Ferreira Freitas R, Lopes Popoff YW, Veloso Rabelo G, Rossi Barbosa-Medeiros M, Rosa Rossi-Barbosa LA. Abdominal obesity and association with sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical data in climacteric women assisted in primary care. PLoS ONE 15, e0237336, 2020.10.1371/journal.pone.0237336742590732790774
]Search in Google Scholar
[
De Tapsoba JD, Wang CY, McTiernan A. Dietary weight loss and exercise effects on serum biomarkers of angiogenesis in overweight postmenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial. Cancer Res 76, 4226–4235, 2016.10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0399503368327417562
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Esposito K, Giugliano D. Obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and sexual dysfunction. Int J Impot Res 17, 391–398, 2005.10.1038/sj.ijir.390133315902279
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Fernandez-Alonso AM, Cuadros JL, Chedraui P, Mendoza M, Cuadros AM, Perez-Lopez FR. Obesity is related to increased menopausal symptoms among Spanish women. Menopause Int 16, 105–110, 2010.10.1258/mi.2010.01002920956684
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Curtin LR. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008. JAMA 303, 235–241, 2010.10.1001/jama.2009.201420071471
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Merz CNB, Brewer HB, Clark LT, Hunninghake DB, Pasternak RC, Smith SC Jr, Stone NJ. Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 44, 720–732, 2004.10.1016/j.jacc.2004.07.00115358046
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Imayama I, Alfano CM, Kong A, Foster-Schubert KE, Bain CE, Xiao L, Duggan C, Wang CY, Campbell KL, Blackburn GL, McTiernan A. Dietary weight loss and exercise interventions effects on quality of life in over-weight/obese postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8, 118, 2011.10.1186/1479-5868-8-118321565622026966
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Jadad AR, Enkin MW. Randomized controlled trials: questions, answers and musings, 2nd Edition. Health Care Res, BMJ Books, 162 pp, 2007.10.1002/9780470691922
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Jasienska G, Ziomkiewicz A, Gorkiewicz M, Pajak A. Body mass, depressive symptoms and menopausal status: An examination of the “Jolly Fat” hypothesis. Women’s Health Issues 15, 145–151, 2005.10.1016/j.whi.2005.02.00215894200
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Jones GL, Sutton A. Quality of life in obese postmenopausal women. Menopause Int 14, 26–32, 2008.10.1258/MI.2007.007034
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Kahn BB, Flier JS. Obesity and insulin resistance. J Clin Invest 106, 473–481, 2000.10.1172/JCI10842
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Katz J. R, Taylor NF, Goodrick S, Perry L, Yudkin JS, Coppack SW. Central obesity, depression and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in men and postmenopausal women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24, 246–251, 2000.10.1038/sj.ijo.0801122
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Kerwin DR, Zhang Y, Kotchen JM, Espeland MA, Van Horn L, McTigue KM, Robinson JG, Powell, L, Kooperberg C, Coker LH, Hoffmann R. The cross-sectional relationship between body mass index, waist-hip ratio, and cognitive performance in postmenopausal women enrolled in the women’s health initiative. J Am Geriatr Soc 58, 1427–1432, 2010.10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02969.x
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Kim Y, Austin SB, Subramanian SV, Kawachi I. Body weight perception disordered weight control behaviors, and depressive symptoms among Survey, Korean adults: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survay 2014. PLoS ONE 13, e0198841, 2018.10.1371/journal.pone.0198841
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Kirchengast S. Relations between anthropometric characteristics and degree of severity of the climacteric syndrome in Austrian women. Maturitas 17, 167–180, 1993.10.1016/0378-5122(93)90044-I
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Laudisio A, Marzetti E, Pagano F, Pozzi G, Bernabei R, Zuccala G. Depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome: selective association in older women. J Geriatr Psych Neurol 22, 215–222, 2009.10.1177/089198870933579319423752
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Lee SW, Jo HH, Kim MR, Kwon DJ, You YO, Kim JH. Association between menopausal symptoms and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Arch Gynecol Obstet 285, 541–548, 2012.10.1007/s00404-011-2016-521853251
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Lemoine S, Rossell N, Drapeau V, Poulain M, Garnier S, Sanguignol F, Mauriege P. Effect of weight reduction on quality of life and eating behaviors in obese women. Menopause 14, 432–440, 2007.10.1097/gme.0b013e31802e46c217314737
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Lizcano F, Guzman, G. Estrogen deficiency and the origin of obesity during menopause. BioMed Res Int 2014, 757461, 2014.10.1155/2014/757461396473924734243
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Lobo RA. Metabolic syndrome after menopause and the role of hormones. Maturitas 60, 10–18, 2008.10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.02.00818407440
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Lu XY, Kim CS, Frazer A Z. W. Leptin: a potential novel antidepressant. PNAS 103, 1593–1598, 2006.10.1073/pnas.0508901103136055516423896
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Lu XY. The leptin hypothesis of depression: a potential link between mood disorders and obesity? Curr Opin Pharmacol 7, 648–652, 2007.10.1016/j.coph.2007.10.010267799418032111
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Mannan M, Mamun A, Doi S, Clavarino A. Is there a bi-directional relationship between depression and obesity among adult men and women? Systematic review and bias-adjusted meta analysis. Asian J Psychiatr 21, 51–66, 2016.10.1016/j.ajp.2015.12.00827208458
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Mirhaghjou SN, Niknami M, Moridi M, Pakseresht S, Kazemnejad E. Quality of life and its determinants in post-menopausal women: A population-based study. Appl Nurs Res 30, 252–256, 201610.1016/j.apnr.2015.10.00427091286
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Mirzaiinjmabadi K, Anderson D, Barnes M. The relationship between exercise, body mass index and menopausal symptoms in midlife Australian women. Int J Nur Prac 12, 28–34, 2006.10.1111/j.1440-172X.2006.00547.x16403194
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG; PRISMA Group. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. PLoS Medicine 6, e1000097, 2009.10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097270759919621072
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Naufel MF, Frange C, Andersen ML, Girao MJBC, Tufik S, Ribeiro EB, Hachul H. Association between obesity and sleep disorders in postmenopausal women. Menopause 25, 139–144, 2018.10.1097/GME.000000000000096228926516
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Naufel MF, Boldarine VT, Oyama LM, do Nascimento CMO, Dos Santos GMS, Hachul H, Ribeiro EB. Age and leptinemia association with anxiety and depression symptoms in overweight middle-aged women. Menopause 26, 317–324, 2019.10.1097/GME.000000000000121030277920
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Pasquali R, Vicennati V, Gambineri A, Pagotto U. Sex-dependent role of glucocorticoids and androgens in the pathophysiology of human obesity. Int J Obes 32, 1764–1779, 2008.10.1038/ijo.2008.12918838976
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Provencher V, Begin C, Piche ME, Bergeron J, Corneau L, Weisnagel SJ, Nadeau A, Lemieux S. Disinhibition, as assessed by the three-factor eating questionnaire, is inversely related to psychological well-being in postmenopausal women. Int J Obes 31, 315–320, 2007.10.1038/sj.ijo.080340516755281
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Raikkonen K, Matthews KA, Kuller LH. Anthropometric and psychosocial determinants of visceral obesity in healthy postmenopausal women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 23, 775–782, 1999.10.1038/sj.ijo.080091710490776
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Rannevik G, Jeppsson S, Johnell O, Bjerre B, Laurell-Borulf Y, Svanberg L. A longitudinal study of the perimenopausal transition: altered profiles of steroid and pituitary hormones. SHBG and bone mineral density. Maturitas 61, 67–77, 2008.10.1016/j.maturitas.2008.09.01019434880
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Riesco E, Choquette S, Audet M, Tessier D, Dionne IJ. Effect of exercise combined with phytoestrogens on quality of life in postmenopausal women. Climacteric 14, 573–580, 2011.10.3109/13697137.2011.56665221864137
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Schmidt PJ, Ben Dor R, Martinez PE, Guerrieri GM, Harsh VL, Thompson K, Koziol DE, Nieman LK, Rubinow DR. Effects of estradiol withdrawal on mood in women with past perimenopausal depression: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry 72, 714–726, 2015.10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0111639116026018333
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Schreiber DR, Dautovich ND. Depressive symptoms and weight in midlife women: The role of stress eating and menopause status. Menopause 24, 1190–1199, 2017.10.1097/GME.0000000000000897560706828697039
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Seib C, Anderson D, Lee K, Humphreys J. Predictors of mental health in post-menopausal women: Results from the Australian healthy aging of women study. Maturitas 76, 377–383, 2013.10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.09.00324200224
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Simbar M, Nazarpour S, Majd HA, Andarvar KD, Torkamani ZJ, Rahnemaei FA. Correction to: Is body image a predictor of women’s depression and anxiety in postmenopausal women? BMC Psychiatry 20, 728, 2020.10.1186/s12888-020-02685-y727152532498683
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Teede HJ, Lombard C, Deeks AA. Obesity, metabolic complications and the menopause: an opportunity for prevention. Climacteric 13, 203–209, 2010.10.3109/1369713090329690919863456
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thilers PP, MacDonald SW S, Nilsson LG, Herlitz A. Accelerated postmenopausal cognitive decline is restricted to women with normal BMI: Longitudinal evidence from the Betula project. Psychoneuroendocrinology 35, 516–524, 2010.10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.08.01819811879
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thomas HN, Hamm M, Borrero S, Hess R. Thurston RC. Body image, attractiveness, and sexual satisfaction among midlife women: a qualitative study. J Womens Health 28, 100–106, 2019.10.1089/jwh.2018.7107634318630307808
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thurston RC, Sowers MFR, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Everson-Rose SA, Lewis TT, Edmundowicz D, Matthews KA. Abdominal adiposity and hot flashes among midlife women. Menopause 15, 429–434, 2008.10.1097/gme.0b013e31815879cf287594718204407
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Valtonen MK, Laaksonen DE, Laukkanen JA, Tolmunen T, Viinamaki H, Lakka HM, Lakka TA, Niskanen L, Kauhanen J. Low-grade inflammation and depressive symptoms as predictors of abdominal obesity. Scand J Public Health 40, 674–680, 2012.10.1177/140349481246173023042459
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Van Gemert WAM, Van Der Palen J, Van Der, Monninkhof EM, Rozeboom A, Peters R, Wittink H, Schuit AJ, Peeters PH. Quality of life after diet or exercise-induced weight loss in overweight to obese postmenopausal women: The SHAPE-2 randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE 10, e0127520, 2015.10.1371/journal.pone.0127520445236726029921
]Search in Google Scholar
[
van Vuuren CL, Wachter GG, Veenstra R, Rijnhart JJM, Van Der Wal MF, Chinapaw MJM, Busch V. Associations between overweight and mental health problems among adolescents, and the mediating role of victimization. BMC Public Health, 19, 612, 2019.10.1186/s12889-019-6832-z652828131113424
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Vanis N, Horozic Dz, Sokolovic E, Valjevac A. Increased bone turnover in obese postmenopausal females. Biol Markers Fundament Clin Med 2, 64, 2018.10.29256/v.02.02.2018.escbm54
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Vesco KK, Haney EM, Humphrey L, Fu R, Nelson HD. Influence of menopause on mood: a systematic review of cohort studies. Climacteric 10, 448–465, 2007.10.1080/1369713070161126718049938
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Xi B, Liang Y, He T, Reilly KH, Hu Y, Wang Q, Yan Y, Mi J. Secular trends in the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults, 1993-2009. Obes Rev 13, 287–296, 2012.10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00944.x327670922034908
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Xiong Q, Hu X, Xu Y, Zhang X, Pan X, Xiao Y, Ma X, Bao Y, Jia W. Association of visceral fat area with the presence of depressive symptoms in Chinese postmenopausal women with normal glucose tolerance. Menopause 24, 1289–1294, 2017.10.1097/GME.000000000000091728640157
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Yankura DJ, Conroy MB, Hess R, Pettee KK, Kuller LH, Kriska AM. Weight regain and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women. Obesity 16, 2259–2265, 2008.10.1038/oby.2008.34518719654
]Search in Google Scholar
