Exercise for peri- and postmenopausal women: Recommendations from synergistic alliances of women's medicine and health psychology for the promotion of an active lifestyle

•Adopting a healthy behavior implies a multitude of challenges for individuals.•Unfortunately, medical advice and prescriptions do not guarantee lifestyle changes.•Gynecologists do not possess sufficient expertise in behavioral modification.•Health psychologists specialize in helping people modify health-related behaviors.•Gynecologists can work in alliance with health psychologists to enrich women's health.