Middle Age Physical Development Report

Running head: MIDDLE AGE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
MIDDLE AGE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
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Introduction:
The following research paper aims to discuss the physical development characteristics in
the middle adulthood. The middle adulthood stage falling between the age group of 40 to 65
years. The physical changes occurring in the human body indicated the ageing process at this
stage. The psychological research focuses on the observational study of a person belonging to the
middle stage of adulthood and comparing the observation results with the respective theories of
psychology. The diversity factors with relation to culture and community are also discussed in
the paper in aspect of the middle adulthood stage.
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about without generalization in previous paper.
Discussion:
General research
The physical development of the people starts degrading as they start reaching in their 40’s.
Muscle Strength
The bones start to ache, muscles swell and there is lack of strength in the body especially in leg
joints, arms and the backbone. The muscle strength reduces and the men especially suffer from
difficulty in movement from one place to another.
Vision and Hearing ability
The middle aged people fail to see the close objects and their retina fail to take too much light
exposure with indication of laser treatment and wearing glasses of bifocal lenses. The hearing

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ability also decreases with men having more difficulty in hearing low pitch sounds than women.
Their eardrums lose the capacity to take high pitch sounds. Most of the people start wearing
hearing aids with more sophisticated technology in the current scenario.
Cardiovascular system
In the mid age, the adults are prone to having high cholesterol accompanied with high blood
pressure as their age increases. Hypertension tendency increases too with risk of cardiovascular
diseases and heart attacks.
Physical appearance signs
There are wrinkles in skin with sagging skin tissues mostly visible in the face. The skin below
the eyes get sagged too. The nails of fingers and toes get brittle with age and the ridges started
showing. The age spots appears in the areas of hands, face, and other areas which have been
exposed to sun. The greying of hair along with loss of teeth permanently with yellowing tint.
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Height and Weight
The height gets reduced to half an inch progressively with the increase in age especially in the
case of men. The middle aged people lose their weight to a very little extent and as they grow
old, they spine gets bent. The overweight issue with obesity is another outwardly sign of ageing
in both men and women mostly due to obesity.
Hormonal changes