NU FS356 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 17: Lean Body Mass, Resting Metabolic Rate, Homeostasis
21 Apr 2017
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The population is getting older and in coming years there will be more old people than young people. The top killers of today are all related to ageing. Overall, aging is a result of decreased immunity combined with apoptosis or programmed cell death. The rate of ageing is dependent on genetics, your environment and lifestyle choices. This process is unavoidable and once it starts there is no reversing it. Aging is a complex process because there are so many contributing factors that operate at the same time in many functional levels. Defining what is old depends on the definers age most of the time but the physiological changes that are associated with aging come at different ti(cid:373)es for each perso(cid:374). This (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s agi(cid:374)g does(cid:374)"t start at the sa(cid:373)e ti(cid:373)e for each person it is varied. Between reduced cravings and lower physical activity there is a lowered intake as we age.
