week four's video covers Adult and health development, which is comprised of three sections, early, middle, and late adulthood. I will focus mainly on the physical changes, rather than those which are social constructs. Early adult hood generally comprises from our late teens, until early to mid thirties. In early adulthood our bodies are at our prime, and we are generally healthy as long as we eat a balanced diet, and get regular exercise. In middle adulthood Ages 40-50 our bodies' aging becomes more apparent, Our metabolism slows down significantly, making us retain more fat, especially around the waist, abdominal fat is indicative of being at risk for many chronic diseases and disorders, page 103 in our textbook shows that there
