Body Composition and Recovery

Sleep is described as foundational because poor sleep worsens mood, food choices, quality of life, and recovery. The article emphasizes resistance training for preserving lean body mass. Menopausal weight change is framed more as a body composition and cardiometabolic health issue than a scale-number problem. Aging is associated with lean mass loss and fat gain, while the menopausal transition often shifts fat distribution toward the abdomen. Estrogen is described as protective for the endothelium, and risk patterns after menopause can become more similar to men's as that protection decreases.