Question

Barbara is also now a elderly person.

Barbara has come to you to seek advice. She explains how she is a creature of habit and how she has followed essentially the same weekly meal routine, not changing the portion sizes, and exercise routine last 10 years. She will change things up slightly every once in a while, to add balance and variety into her lifestyle, but she has always maintained the same weight. Though within the last year or so, she has noticed that she has started to gain some weight. Explain why this may have occurred.

Answer 1

Answer :-

Even though Barbara followed same weekly meal routine and exercise routine for 10 years and maintained her weight.But now as she has become old,she is experiencing rise in a weight .

Because as we become old our digestive system become less efficient which means less energy from food is burned as a calories and more energy is stored in the form of fats.

As we become old our fatty acid store increases than muscle mass.

Thyroid gland become less responsive as a result fat mass increases.

All this causes change in metabolism in older population which causes quicker weight gain and slow weight loss.