从干扰到控制:探讨更年期营养和化学感官变化的焦点小组的见解
Sarah O'Donovan1, Siobhan Monaghan1, Aine Murphy1
1Department of Sport, Exercise & Nutrition, Atlantic Technological University, ATU Galway City, Old Dublin Road, H91 T8NW Galway, Ireland.
Nutrients
|November 13, 2025
概括
更年期显著改变了女性的饮食行为和感官感知,影响了他们的生活质量. 了解这些复杂的变化对于在这个生命阶段提供量身定制的营养护理和支持至关重要.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
背景情况:
- 更年期会引发代谢,感官和心理社会变化,影响饮食行为和营养质量.
- 女性对更年期相关营养和化学感官变化的经验与身份,控制和社会实践相交.
研究的目的:
- 探索女性在更年期期间的营养和化学感官变化的经验.
- 研究这些变化如何与个人身份,感知控制和社会行为相互作用.
主要方法:
- 在线聚焦小组 (n=40) 与爱尔兰的女性 (平均年龄58.3岁) 进行.
- 半结构面试探讨了味道/气味感知,食欲,食物选择和应对策略.
- 主题分析 (Braun和Clarke) 应用于录制和转录的会议.
主要成果:
- 化学感官变化包括味道减弱,气味加剧,甜味加剧,导致补偿行为和新的食物厌恶/偏好.
- 行为和情绪上的后果包括增加零食,渴望,减少腹感,体重增加和自我信心下降.
- 相互影响的因素包括血管运动症状,睡眠问题,关节疼痛,脑雾,复合饮食障碍和社会退休.
- 幸福的策略包括医疗治疗 (HRT),饮食修改以及诊断,信息和支持的需求.
结论:
- 更年期以个性化的方式深刻地重塑感官感知和饮食行为,超越生物学范围,影响身份和社会生活.
- 营养护理需要将症状管理与以人为中心的策略相结合.
- 改善对基于证据的信息,诊断和支持网络的访问对于经历更年期的女性至关重要.
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