1. CHAPTER 15 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1) Define chronological age, physiological age, & life expectancy.
2) The ability to perform the ordinary & unusual demands of daily living
without limitations & excessive fatigue or injury is known as what?
3) What precipitate premature aging?
4) For sedentary people, productive life ends before what age?
5) Scientists believe that what allows people to live a vibrant life?
6) Research shows that what have a far greater impact on health &
longevity that your genes alone?
7) What does CAM stand for?
8) What are the 3 broad categories of CAM therapies?
9) Almost how much money is spent out-of-pocket a year on CAM
treatments?

2. PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE
”THE BIOLOGICAL & FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF THE BODY AS IT SHOULD BE
IN RELATION TO THE PERSON’S MAXIMAL POTENTIAL AT ANY GIVEN AGE IN
THE LIFESPAN”
-AGE IS JUDGED IN TERMS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
-BASED ON HOW SOMEONE LOOKS OR FUNCTIONS

3. FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
“THE ABILITY TO PERFORM THE ORDINARY & UNUSUAL DEMANDS OF DAILY LIVING
WITHOUT LIMITATIONS & EXCESSIVE FATIGUE OR INJURY”
WHAT PRECIPITATE PREMATURE AGING?
-UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS
-THE HEALTHY & UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE ACTIONS THAT YOU ENGAGE IN TODAY
WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON HEALTH & QUALITY OF LIFE IN MIDDLE & ADVANCED AGE
FOR SEDENTARY PEOPLE, PRODUCTIVE LIFE ENDS BEFORE WHAT AGE?
-AGE 60
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT WHAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LIVE A VIBRANT LIFE?
-A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

4. CHRONOLOGICAL AGE
”CALENDAR AGE”
-THE DURATION, OR MEASURE OF TIME, OF THE EXISTENCE OF A PERSON
-DETERMINED BY COUNTING FORWARD FROM BIRTH
LIFE EXPECTANCY
“HOW MANY YEARS A PERSON IS EXPECTED TO LIVE”
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHAT HAVE A FAR GREATER IMPACT ON HEALTH &
LONGEVITY THAN YOUR GENES
-LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS

5. THE EFFECT OF REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON CHRONOLOGICAL
AGE & PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE
-INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN SYSTEMATIC PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT LIFE MAINTAIN A HIGHER LEVEL OF
FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY & DO NOT EXPERIENCE THE DECLINES
TYPICAL IN LATER YEARS
-SEDENTARY PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ARE ABOUT 25 YEARS OLDER THAN
THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL AGE INDICATES
-AN ACTIVE 60 YEAR OLD CAN HAVE A PHYSICAL CAPACITY
SIMILAR TO A SEDENTARY 35 YEAR OLD.
-A SEDENTARY 20 YEAR OLD CAN HAVE A PHYSICAL
CAPACITY OF AN ACTIVE 45 YEAR OLD

6. ACTIVITITY 15.1: AGE PREDICTION QUESTIONNAIRE
-ASSESSES 46 CRITICAL GENETIC & LIFESTYLE FACTORS
-PREDICTS LIFE EXPECTANCY & PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE
BASED ON PRESENT LIFESTYLE HABITS, SHOULD YOU
CONTINUE THOSE HABITS FOR LIFE.
-MOST OF THE FACTORS ARE UNDER OUR CONTROL &
WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THEM WORK FOR US
INSTEAD OF AGAINST US
ME
-LIFE EXPECTANCY: 76.6 YEARS
-REAL PHYSIOLOGICAL AGE: 29.4 YEARS

7. COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM)
”A GROUP OF DIVERSE MEDICAL & HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS,
PRACTICES, & PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT PRESENTLY CONSIDERED
TO BE PART OF CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE”
-PEOPLE WHO USE CAM BELIEVE THAT BODY, MIND, & SPIRIT ALL
CONTRIBUTE TO GOOD HEALTH
-REASONS FOR USING CAM:
1) LACK OF PROGRESS IN CURING ILLNESS & DISEASE
2) FRUSTRATION & DISSATISFACTION WITH PHYSICIANS
3) LACK OF PERSONAL ATTENTION
4) RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS
5) TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE
TREATMENTS

8. CATEGORIES OF CAM THERAPIES

9. NATURAL PRODUCTS
EXAMPLE: HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE

10. MIND-BODY MEDICINE
EXAMPLE: TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION

11. MANIPULATIVE & BODY-BASED METHODS
EXAMPLE: MASSAGE THERAPY