KINESIOL 3U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chromosome, Twin, Rare Disease
6 Apr 2017
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Socioeconomic: access to resources, healthcare, socioeconomic status can affect lifestyle and behaviour. *difference in life expectancy between high and low income groups. Hamilton spec 21 years between 2 extremes: more knowledge which impacts lifestyle choices, can produce greater income. Marital status: married people live longer than single people, may be due to lonely people being more stressed, and this emotional stress puts stress on the body. Aging theories as environment were considered as factors of aging as well as aging being caused by. )n (cid:883)(cid:891)6(cid:882)"s it was thought that aging was purely genetic, by (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:890)(cid:882)"s other factors such a failure of defence and damage. By the (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:882)"s it was thought that there were specific genes geared towards longevity, and that secondary aging influences such as genes, diet, environment, exercise played a role in aging process: genetic theory. Biological clock is programmed into each cell and dictates cell death.
