[Complications of menopause. Nutritional implications].
In this article, the authors analyze the pathological alterations which women suffer in which menopause is assumed to be a risk factor leading to the outbreak of these pathologies. Taken together, all of these alterations present some clear nutritional considerations; therefore, adequate dietetical care, followed by women during this phase, could help in their prevention and control. These alterations are: osteoporosis, obesity, arterial hypertension, arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
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