while there are other cultures like some east asian cultures that really look up to that life stage, because when you ve gone through menopause, you ve lived a long life, you re full of knowledge. and a lot of women in those cultures have a much easier menopause transition. so a lot of cultures and countries deal with the menopause very, very differently. lina chen, thank you so much for your time. a pleasure having you and i ll check in with you soon. thank you so much, aaron, for having me on the show. well, that s it for this week. i hope you enjoyed the show. don t forget, you can keep up with the latest on our global economy on the bbc website or the smartphone app. of course, you can also follow me on x. x me. i ll x you back. you can get me at bbc. you can get me @bbcaaron. thanks for watching. i ll see you soon. bye bye. pa rt part one of the weekend was mixed with low pressure nearby
in terms of how do we address some of the symptoms that potentially black women, asian and other ethnic minorities are facing. and the second one is that it s really important that we recognise that menopause is a life stage and it s not a disease. i think there s a lot of narrative around menopause that pins it as a disease, but really it s a life stage and the more we can actually start normalising conversations of menopause, it s more likely that women will come up to us and ask for support, because if they keep thinking that they re suffering alone, then it s already the first barrier to getting support. and really, every menopause is very unique. you ve recently invested millions to reach women here in england who speak other languages like hindu and urdu. lena, is this part of that trying to reach as many communities as possible? i think one of the key things that we saw, the statistics are really are really stark. one in two women felt that they weren t part
yet, they wanted to look at lifestyle nutrition. so, lena, do your staff tell customers to go to a doctor so, lina, do your staff tell customers to to go to a doctor or to buy food supplements? i mean, we need to have a holistic conversation with our with our customers. so they will definitely signpost people. and we actually have in partnership with the menopause mandate, a menopause nurses hotline. so if anybody presents themselves that we think that they should be signposted to somebody with a bit more of a medical background, they will have access for free to our menopause nurses hotline, who can then advise on seeking specialist support or gp support. lina, you operate in lots of countries, notjust here in the uk. how do attitudes to the menopause differ? part of this research that we ve done looking at communities is a big example of that. i mean, in some cultures you don t even have the word for menopause. so you can imagine if some women don t even know how to advocate for them
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