HD FS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Risky Sexual Behavior, Cardiovascular Disease, Asian Americans
13 Sep 2016
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Many of the most significant events that people will experience in their lifetime occur during young adulthood. People tend to marry at a younger age in china than in the united states, chinese young people define themselves as adults at an earlier age. The transition to adulthood is a gradual process that has been growing longer in most economically developed societies. The cardiovascular, respiratory, immune, neuroendocrine, digestive, and other bodily systems function at their greatest capacity and efficiency in young adulthood. Senescence: normal aging, characterized by gradual, age-related processes of decline. Homeostasis: the ongoing, automatic adjustments that the human body makes to maintain physiological equilibrium. Over 96 percent, describe their physical health as good to excellent, fewer than 5 percent have health problems that interfere with their daily activities. Obesity, affects nearly one in six young adults in the united states. Obesity substantially increases the risk of serious chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.
