“Menopause and Climacteric: Nutrition, Hormonal Balance, and How to Remain a Happy Woman” a podcast featuring a faculty member of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, held within the framework of SDG 3

On January 13, 2025, Anel Nurtaevna Tormanova, Candidate of Biological Sciences and Senior Lecturer at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, took part in the podcast “Menopause and Climacteric: Nutrition, Hormonal Balance, and How to Remain a Happy Woman”.

The event was aimed at raising women’s awareness about preparation for menopause, maintaining health, proper nutrition, choosing effective physical activity strategies, and supporting psycho-emotional well-being in order to preserve quality of life for many years.

The podcast was organized as part of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 3 — Good Health and Well-being, and contributed to the dissemination of knowledge on women’s health.

Key activities included expert discussions addressing common myths about menopause, the principles of rational nutrition and its role in maintaining hormonal balance, the role and types of physical activity for women, Eastern approaches to women’s health, as well as methods of stress management and maintaining inner balance over the long term.

The initiative to conduct the podcast was supported by invited experts. The podcast host, Assel Mashanova, also acted as a partner of the event.

The podcast was published on YouTube and garnered 383,869 views and more than 13,000 comments. Participants in the recording included Assel Mashanova, the author and host of the podcast; Anel Nurtaevna Tormanova, Senior Lecturer at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University; and Ainur Urgeshbayeva, an invited expert in the field of nutrition science.

The podcast format made it possible to create an accessible, informative, and motivating platform for knowledge exchange, presenting diverse approaches to genuinely support women during this challenging period of life changes and to increase women’s awareness of this life stage.

The podcast made a significant contribution to raising women’s awareness of menopause, proper nutrition, informed selection of physical activity, and the maintenance of psycho-emotional well-being over the long term. Listeners expanded their understanding of health during menopause and received practical recommendations for maintaining balance and quality of life.