KNPE 335 Lecture 99: Healthy Aging Notes All Lectures

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Process or group of processes occurring at the molecular, cellular and organ levels that with the passage of time lead to. Loss of appropriate response to internal/external stressors. Primary aging (aging processes: universal changes with age within a species or population that are independent of disease and environmental influences. Secondary aging (process of aging: development of clinical symptoms due to environmental and disease influences. Chronological aging: how long have you lived, inappropriate measure: why, physiological systems age at different rates, lifestyle, disease, environment, gender. Biological aging: the process or group of processes that causes the eventual breakdown of homeostasis with the passage of time, rate of change in function or performance related to passage of time, not disease processes. Psychological age: how old is your mind, reflects mental and cognitive function capability, may be biologically mediated. Sociological age: how old do people treat you, reflects societal influences on lifestyle choices, attitude is everything.

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