Human Growth and Development
Lecture 18: Physical Development - Late Adulthood
4/11/06
- Longevity
- Life span
- Life expectancy
- more people in older age brackets
- Women tend to outlive men (80 to 73)
- Theories of Aging
- Cellular Clock theory
- Caloric restriction & Free Radical theory
- Physical Changes
- Primary vs. Secondary aging
- Brain changes
- Body Changes
- bone density decreases
- muscle loss
- cataracts
- sensory declines in general
- Sex
- Tools to Compensate for changes
- Maintaining Health
- Cardiovascular exercise
- Weight training
- Nursing care
- Now vs. Later
- What kinds of things are you doing now that will have an impact on your longevity?
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Last updated: 4/10/06