Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCPPresident at Five Journeys, Functional Medicine & Wellness Provider, Best Selling Author, Passionate Champion for Health

Are You in the New Menopause Age Bracket

24 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of the video, Speaker A and Dr. Wendie Trubow discuss a notable shift in the timing of perimenopause and menopause. They explain that perimenopause now often begins in the late 30s, indicating an earlier decline in estrogen. Historically, menopause was typically observed between ages 47‑53, but Dr. Trubow, drawing on four decades of clinical experience, reports that the current average range has moved to roughly 44‑48 years. Both speakers express surprise at how quickly the age of menopause onset appears to be decreasing.

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Just to kind of put this in an age group, perimenopause starts in our 30s, usually our late 30s, and that indicates that there's been a decline in the estrogen that that woman has. And then as we go into menopause, which has really decreased, Wendie, for the last, I would say, 4 decades that I've been in this field, it used to be sort of 47 to 53. Now it's 44 to 48.
Have you noticed that too? I've noticed a tremendous decrease. It used to be 50s, and now I'm like, oh, you're in your 40s and you are done. Like, I've noticed a tremendous, a noticeable change in their age, which was surprising.