Nutrition in Menopause: Feeding Health, Avoiding the Hype

Having trouble making sense of the varied, and often contradictory, nutrition advice? This session will focus on demystifying nutrition in perimenopause and menopause. Focusing on food as medicine, participants will learn the best evidence for maintaining strong and healthy bodies. We will also learn about the 1-billion-dollar menopausal supplement industry and the risks and benefits of these supplements. We will review which supplements may be helpful and how to select safer supplements. Finally, we will talk about bone health.

Learning Objectives

1. Summarize best evidence-based guidelines for healthy eating during the menopausal transition and beyond
2. Review key nutrients that may be deficient in women and roles that they play in health
3. Focus on food as medicine and also outline safe use of supplements
4. Review bone health, nutrition and medication

About the Speaker

Sarah D. Fox, MD, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner

Sarah D. Fox, MD, FACOG, is a gynecologist at Brown Health Medical Group, Obstetrics and Gynecology in Providence, Rhode Island. She is founder and director of the Brown Health Pelvic Pain Program. A clinical assistant professor of surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Dr. Fox received a medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Brunswick, NJ, and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Allegheny General Hospital-Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.

She completed a fellowship in urogynecology and pelvic floor dysfunction at St. George’s Hospital at the University of London in England. She is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is a past president of the International Pelvic Pain Society and has been treating pelvic pain since 2000. 

She is also a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and is part of the Brown Health Menopause Program. 

Her clinical interests include chronic pelvic pain, menopause, LGBTQ health, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), sexual dysfunction, and general gynecology.