Bbh 315 exam 3 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Physical and cognitive changes correct answer: -Skin wrinkles and spots -Hair thins and grays -Fingernails, toenails thicken -Height decreases -Body fat increases -Muscle mass, strength decrease -Bone density decreases -Vision, hearing decline -Lung capacity declines -Sleep problems increase -Immune function declines -Sex hormones decline -Risk increases for HBP, HCL, and CVD, along with many other diseases -Cognitive function increases, stabilizes, or declines In the Lindau et ...

Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Physical and Cognitive Changes correct answer: -fingernails and toenails thicken -body fat inc -muscle mass and strength dec -bone density dec -vision and hearing decline -lung capacity declines -sleep problems increase -immune function declines -testosterone, estrogen decline -risk increases for HBP, HCL, and CVD, along with many other diseases -cognitive function increases, stabilizes, or declines Gender and Health in Midlife and Older...

Physical changes in older age superficial correct answer: -skin wrinkles and spots -hair thins and grays -finger/toenails thicken -height decreases -body fat increases -muscle mass, strenght decrease Physical changes in older age inside correct answer: -bone density decreases -vision and hearing decline -lung capacity declines -sleep problems increase -immune function declines -sex hormones decline -risk increases for HBP, HCL, and CVD, along with many other diseases -cognitiv...

Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Physical and Cognitive Changes correct answer: -skin- wrinkles and spots -hair- thins and grays -fingernails and toenails thicken -height dec -body fat inc -muscle mass and strength dec -bone density dec -vision and hearing decline -lung capacity declines -sleep problems increase -immune function declines -testosterone, estrogen decline -risk increases for HBP, HCL, and CVD, along with many other diseases -cognitive function increases, s...

Levels of Health correct answer: health problems present at multiple levels, according to WHO - disease -condition - impairment Heath problems can be correct answer: acute - something that presents itself and is treatable (example, strep thoat) chronic - condition that lasts for persons whole life but becomes manageable (heart disease, diabetes) disability refers correct answer: individual - environment problem objective measure in health correct answer: - diagnosed health c...

T/F: Body fat increases in midlife and older age correct answer: TRUE 10% body fat in adolescence and 20% body fat in middle age Gender difference in height decrease in middle age? correct answer: men- lose an inch from 30-50 and another inch from 50-70, women lose 2 inches from age 25-75 Bone density decrease: How old are you at maximum bone density? Who experiences more bone loss, men or women? correct answer: max bone density: mid to late 30's WOMEN experience bone loss at 2x th...

physical/cognitive changes in midlife/older age correct answer: skin wrinkles, spots hair thins/grays height decreases fat increases muscle mass, strength, decrease vision,hearing decline sleep problems social relationships linked to health correct answer: children in intact families married couples older adults with support they can count on coping capacity and social support marital dysfunction may cause stress that disregulates would healing, etc. trends in age at first mar...

Physical and cognitive changes in older adults correct answer: -skin wrinkles and spots -hair thins and grays -fingernails, toenails thicken -height decreases -body fat increases - muscle mass, strength decrease -bone density decreases -vision, hearing decline physical and cognitive changes correct answer: -lung capacity declines -sleep problems increase -immune function declines -sex hormones decline -risk increasing for HBP, HCL, and CVD along with many other diseases -cognit...

In papers by Wray and colleagues (2005, 2006), they found that the probability of reporting risky behaviors associated with diabetes onset was essentially the same across gender, race-ethnicity, and age groups in midlife and older age. correct answer: false A key risk factor for breast cancer in women is: correct answer: never breastfeeding Although the top three types of cancer that are most prevalent for American men and women are different, the type of cancer with the highest mortalit...

TOPIC 1: Work life, Empty Nests, & Retirement in the U.S. correct answer: x Sex/gender differences in physical and cognitive changes in midlife and older age correct answer: - skin wrinkles and spots - hair thins and grays - fingernails, toenails thicken - height decreases - body fat increases - muscle mass, strength decreases - bone density decreases - vision, hearing decline - lung capacity declines - sleep problems increase immune function declines - risk INCREASES for HBP, HC...