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ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Menopause is a unique stage of female reproductive life cycle, a transition from reproductive to non-reproductive stage. In India, at some point after forties, a woman enters in to the third phase of her life. This phase of life is generally ignored and chooses to mourn silently. During the middle age, physiologically, menopause is the most notable event for women. So, the women need knowledge about what to expect and how to cope with changes. OBJECTIVES: To assess the knowledge on lifestyle modifications before & after structured teaching programme. To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme by comparing pre-test & post-test knowledge on postmenopausal women. To identify the association between knowledge regarding lifestyle modifications among post-menopausal women and the selected demographic variables. METHODOLOGY: A pre-experimental one group pre- test and post -test design was adopted for this study. Seventy-five postmenopausal women were selected by using non probability convenient sampling technique who are fall under inclusion criteria at selected rural areas Tirupati. A self- structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge on lifestyle modifications among postmenopausal women. RESULTS: The study findings revealed in pre- test out of 75 postmenopausal women 58.70 % (44) had inadequate knowledge 41.30 % (31) had moderate knowledge 0.00 % (0) had adequate knowledge on Lifestyle modifications whereas in post- test 70.70% (53) had adequate knowledge, 29.30(22) had moderate knowledge, and 0.00 % (0) had inadequate knowledge after structured teaching programme. This indicates that there was a significant improvement knowledge on lifestyle modifications among post menopausal women at p< 0.01 levels. CONCLUSION: The present study revealed that postmenopausal women have inadequate knowledge on lifestyle modifications and after structured teaching programme knowledge have improved among postmenopausal women.