Question

Describe at least three physical changes that occur during middle adulthood. Explain how stress can affect health during this developmental period.

Your response should be 5 paragraphs in length. Be mindful of using proper grammar and spelling. Please be specific in your example.

Answer 1

• Middle adulthood is the phase which begins around 40 years,when an individual has lived a life and many physical and emotional changes start to happen.Physical changes include graying of hair,vision loss(hard time reading small print) and hearing loss(people have difficulty in hearing high pitched sounds in crowded places,failing to distinguish between sounds),weight gain,hair loss,skin starts to become loose,wrinkles develop etc.
• With aging hair produces less melanin which causes it to become gray and even fall off.
• Skin starts to becomes dry and wrinkles develop,as the underlying layer of fat is lost and the face does not appears smooth anymore.Loss of muscle tone can make face look flabby or drooping.Though middle age people today take far more care of themselves than before.
• Middle age people also experience stress which leads to many psychological and physical problems.Stress causes,hypertension,heart diseases,high blood pressure,depression,anxiety etc.
• The physical changes which start to happen during this phase of life is a major source of stress of both males and females as they come to realization that they are no young and in the prime age of their lives.Occupational stress can happen due to over work,or even losing a job.
• Person stress also happens including financial responsibilities,taking care of older parents and family,parenting their children,etc.Stress also leads to unhealthy choices like alcohol,smoking,poor sleep etc.which increase psychological and physical distress even more.