Dietary and exercise interventions for metabolic health in perimenopausal women in Beijing

Background and Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effects of individualised dietary guidance and anti-resistance exercise intervention on blood pressure and metabolic indexes of perimenopausal women. Methods and Study Design: Between June 2018 to August 2018, 78 perimenopausal women were recruited at the Gynaecological Outpatient Department of Beijing Pinggu District Hospital. After coding, they were randomly divided into three groups, A, B and C, by lottery. Group A was required to participate in educational seminars. Group B was required to participate in educational seminars and received individualised dietary guidance from professional nutritionists. Group C had the same intensive education classes and individualised dietary guidance as Group B, along with intensive resistance exercise. The difference in the various observation indexes was reviewed after three months of intervention. Results: The number of patients with abnormal metabolic indexes in the diet and comprehensive groups decreased significantly after intervention, compared with the statistics before intervention. The number of patients with a waist circumference >80 cm in the diet and comprehensive groups decreased significantly, and the difference was statistically significant (chi(2)=5.976, p=0.014; chi(2)=4.433, p=0.035). Before and after observation, the control and diet groups had a higher incidence of HDL