BIOD 121 (portage): Module 6.3: Adulthood

BIOD 121 (portage): Module 6.3: Adulthood Making _____________ decisions can help prevent diseases that commonly manifest themselves in middle age. Correct answer- healthy Illness such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and obesity can be controlled or even ____________________. Correct answer- prevented Aging is not a _______________. Correct answer- disease The fastest growing population in the United States are those _____ years of age or older. Correct answer- 85 Adulthood is divided into 4 stages: Correct answer- - 19 to 30 - 31 to 50 - 51 to 70 - > than 70 young adulthood: Correct answer- 19 to 50 years old -transition stage: explore their independence, establishing a career, and beginning a family of their own middle adulthood: Correct answer- 51 to 70 years old - individuals are usually juggling multiple schedules (home, children, work), adjusting to the "empty nest syndrome", and dealing with elderly parents older adulthood: Correct answer- anyone over the age of 70 years old - period of downsizing, retirement, loss of a spouse, and dealing with one's own mortality