Test 3

Question 1

When were the baby boomers born?

Answer 1

between 1945-1960

Question 2

What age is considered to be middle age or mid adulthood?

Answer 2

Age 40-45 to 60-65

Question 3

What age is considered to be late mid lift?

Answer 3

55-65

Question 4

What are some of the physical changes of mid life?

Answer 4

skin wrinkles and sags, aging spots, hair becomes thinner and grayer, decrease in height, increase in weight (% body fat)

Question 5

What is sarcopenia?

Answer 5

age-related loss of muscle mass and strength

Question 6

What is the rate of muscle loss at age 45?

Answer 6

10% per decade

Question 7

What is the rate of muscle loss at age 75?

Answer 7

30% per decade

Question 8

When do you reach maximum bone density?

Answer 8

mid to late 30s

Question 9

When does bone density loss accelerate?

Answer 9

Age 50

Question 10

Is bone loss higher in men or women?

Answer 10

Women

Question 11

What is osteoporosis?

Answer 11

low bone mass, deterioration of bone tissue (leads to increased bone fragility and risk of fracture)

Question 12

What is more common than heart attack, stroke, and breast cancer combined?

Answer 12

fractures from osteoporosis

Question 13

How many women and men suffer from osteoporotic fracture in their life time

Answer 13

1 in 3 women, 1 in 5 men

Question 14

What percen of people who suffer from a hip fracture die within 1 year?

Answer 14

Greater than 25%

Question 15

What are results of osteoporotic fractures?

Answer 15

disfigurement, lower self esteem, reduction and loss of mobility, decreased independence

Question 16

How can you prevent osteoporosis?

Answer 16

Getting enough calcium in your diet and doing weight baring exercises (plus coordination and balance exercise to decrease risk of falling)

Question 17

What kind of vision problems come with middle age?

Answer 17

accomodation decreases, blood supply to eye decreases causing blind spots, pupil size decreases so retina receives less light

Question 18

What happens to your hearing when you reach middle age?

Answer 18

You become less sensitive to high pitches (more so in men than women)

Question 19

What increases your risk of heart disease and stroke?

Answer 19

high blood pressure and high cholesterol, fatty deposits and scar tissue accumulate in blood vessels and reduce blood flow.

Question 20

Where does cholesterol accumulate?

Answer 20

artery walls

Question 21

Which kind of cholesterol is good and which is bad?

Answer 21

LDL = bad HDL = good

Question 22

Why is hypertension more likely for middle age women?

Answer 22

BP increases after menopause

Question 23

What are some metabolic syndromes that people get in mid life?

Answer 23

hypertension, obesity, insulin resistance (can lead to CVD and diabetes)

Question 24

What makes you susceptible to death from metabolic syndrome?

Answer 24

high blood pressure ad glucose, combined with low HDL or high triglycerides

Question 25

How can you reduce risk of CVD?

Answer 25

Exercise, weight control, diet rich in fruit/veg and whole grains, eating food with low saturated fat and cholesterol

Question 26

By what age are wakeful periods more frequent and depth of sleep is reduced?

Answer 26

Age 40

Question 27

What makes you more likely to have sleep problems?

Answer 27

using drugs of any kind, have CVD, are depressed

Question 28

How many hours of sleep is recommended each night for a mid age person?

Answer 28

8 hours