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Thomas is 23 years old. What age-related changes should Thomas experience between the ages of 25 and 65?
 
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What is one hypothesis for the change in the onset of menstruation?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Limited changes in physical development: hair thins and tends to turn gray, may experience a receding hairline, storage of body fat increases; the distribution of fat changes to increased waist-to-hip ratio, tendency to put on weight until mid 50s: start to lose weight and slowly lose height after approximately age 60, bones start to shrink, hearing and vision degrade first before other senses.

Answer to Question 2

Answers can include: stress higher levels of environmental factors. Brumbauer (1997) found that after years of immigration, regardless of ethnicity, girls menstruate earlier in North America than in their countries of origin.



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