Singapore, June 25 -- New research from the Integrated Women's Health Programme (IWHP) at the National University Hospital (NUH) and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), has uncovered new insights into how muscle strength and visceral fat, and their association with menopause, can potentially lead to downstream health impacts among women in Singapore, and how physical performance assessments and a simple blood test could help predict and prevent chronic conditions before they arise.

The first study, published in Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism in October 2024, found that women with both weak muscle strength and high levels of visceral fat had the highest risk of developing prediabetes or ty...