臨床婦人科産科61巻7号

2007年07月発行

今月の臨床 中高年女性のトータルヘルスケア

メタボリックシンドローム

1．もっと気にしてほしい肥満

著者： 高橋一広¹ 高田恵子¹ 吉田隆之¹ 倉智博久¹

所属機関： ¹山形大学医学部産科婦人科学

ページ範囲：P.916 - P.919

文献概要

はじめに

　女性にとって太るということは美容上大きな関心事である．特に若い女性では太ることを気にするあまり，20歳代の女性の2割以上が“やせ”の状態である．しかし40歳以後には年齢とともに肥満者の割合が増加してくる．肥満は美容上の問題だけではなく，女性の生殖機能に大きくかかわっている．女性の肥満で性成熟期から問題となるのは，（1）肥満と月経異常・妊孕力低下，（2）妊娠中の肥満と妊娠合併症の増加，（3）閉経後の肥満とメタボリックシンドロームおよび子宮体癌・乳がんの増加，などである．本稿では特に上記（3）の「閉経後の肥満」を取り上げる．

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