The Importance Of Agin Aging

Aging is incorporated in all stages of life: from birth to your 20’s, where cells multiply, different parts of your body are growing, and you develop physical strength and intellectuality through learning and experience; from your 30’s to your 50’s, you experience a wide range of life experiences – related to work, family, and everyday living – that develop and change your perspective on the world and the people living in it; from your 60’s to your 90’s, life starts to slow down, many parts of the body become fragile, and therefore lead to inactivity and lack of independence. However, it is important to note that everyone is different; all individuals have different experiences that shape their biological, psychological, and social aspects of their well-being. This results in inter and intra individual differences of the aging process and experience. Inter-individual differences are showcased in the biological and psychological differences between individuals, while intra-individual differences are showcased in the functional capability differences between individuals.
One of the main declines involve physical changes in the body, including change in body composition, decrease in muscle mass, decrease in bone density, and slowing of the nervous system. As a collective, these factors affect the functional capacity of an individual, especially their performance of fundamental activities for daily living. If aging has an impact on activities of daily living, it will have a greater impact on an older individual’s ability to be physically active, in both aerobic and resistance type activities. However, physical activity has many benefits, including improving physical, mental, and psychological