Evidence library · Cholesterol and lipids

Does other exercise affect cholesterol and lipids in menopause? What 6 studies found

Studies of other exercise in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women that measured cholesterol and lipids. 4 reported an improvement and 0 found no difference against the comparison group.

  1. 92 postmenopausal women with obesity did diet, physical-cognitive exercise, or both for 3 months, and exercise groups showed improved memory, BDNF, insulin and body fat versus controls.

    Mixed resultsRandomised trial · 92 women · 12 weeks · 2024PostmenopausalCited 42 timesPubMed

  2. Obese postmenopausal women did Taekwondo training five times weekly for 16 weeks and showed reduced weight, body fat, cholesterol and negative mood, with increased serotonin.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 24 women · 16 weeks · 2021PostmenopausalCited 7 timesPubMed

  3. In 23 sedentary middle-aged women, six weeks of resistance training combined with electrical stimulation reduced LDL and total cholesterol more than resistance training alone, with no difference in glucose or CRP.

    Reported an improvementRandomised trial · 23 women · 6 weeks · 2026Midlife womenPubMed

  4. In postmenopausal women, combined strength and aerobic training reduced fat mass more than functional training, while functional training alone reduced LDL cholesterol.

    Mixed resultsControlled trial · 52 women · 2017PostmenopausalCited 4 timesPubMed

  5. Postmenopausal women did 12 weeks of Bungy Pump Training, 3 times weekly, and showed greater gains in fitness and reductions in visceral fat and body fat than women doing daily activity.

    Reported an improvementControlled trial · 56 women · 12 weeks · 2025PostmenopausalCited 1 timesPubMed

  6. In a trial of 28 postmenopausal women, 12 weeks of a ring fit adventure exergame twice weekly reduced arterial stiffness and increased HDL cholesterol compared with no exercise.

    Reported an improvementControlled trial · 28 women · 12 weeks · 2026PostmenopausalPubMed

How to read this. Each line is one study, summarised in plain language from its PubMed abstract, with the authors' own sentence underneath on the study page. A count of studies is not a verdict: trials differ in size, length and quality, and a result in one group of women may not hold in another. Nothing here is medical advice.

Summaries are generated, then checked by machine against the abstract they came from; any summary that could not be matched word for word was left out. Our clinical lead is reviewing the summaries topic by topic, and this note will change when that is done. Corpus last refreshed 2026-11-03. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix the summary or remove the study.

Other exercise types and cholesterol and lipids