Source - NeuRA Library
What is Middle Age?
Middle age Phase of age beyond young adulthood but before the beginning of old age. Although the exact age is not defined, someone says it starts from 35 and the others say it starts from 40 or maybe 50 or 60 etc.
But most of the person believes it starts from 35. It is the phase of life where gradual changes started in the individual's body. But the question is the middle age only limited to the numerical number?
According to many no, because the state of mind also matters, some people say even at the age of 50 that they feel younger than those who attain the age 35 and some people don't feel energetic even at the age of 30. So, the point is, we all are not similar everyone is different.
What are the Indications that you are Entering Middle Age?
Statistics Related to the Transition in Middle Age Thresholds?
According to research by John Shoven, a prominent economics professor at Stanford University, if your possibility of dying within the next year is 1 percent then you might be considered "middle-aged", and if your possibility of dying within the next year is 2 or more percent then you be considered "old".
According to many no, because the state of mind also matters, some people say even at the age of 50 that they feel younger than those who attain the age 35 and some people don't feel energetic even at the age of 30. So, the point is, we all are not similar everyone is different.
What are the Indications that you are Entering Middle Age?
- The person who attains middle age have a different mindset; relationships become more stronger with people around them.
- They started to more worry about their health.
- With the decline in physical fitness, you start losing lean muscle mass and gain fat deposits, especially around the center of the body.
- Changes in your skin also started, your skin becomes less elastic.
- Health issue becomes more prevalent, metabolism declines, and bone density starts to decline.
- Most of the people at this stage start forgetting things.
Statistics Related to the Transition in Middle Age Thresholds?
According to research by John Shoven, a prominent economics professor at Stanford University, if your possibility of dying within the next year is 1 percent then you might be considered "middle-aged", and if your possibility of dying within the next year is 2 or more percent then you be considered "old".
At last, if your possibility of dying within the next year is 4 percent or more, you might be considered "very old" or "elderly"; and the study also talks about the transition in the age period.
Conclusion
Instead of trying to find out the answer of when middle age starts, we would be better off asking with ourselves why we so obsessed cutting off growth?
For example, if a person is considered as "old" in the 1920s at the age of 55 is now considered "middle-aged" today. A person who considered "elderly" at the age of 65 in the 1920s is now considered just "old" today, and "elderly" shifts from 65 in the 1920s to 76 at present. Does that mean middle age expands, well it might be true because due to urbanization people are living a healthier lifestyle and taking care of themselves.
Conclusion
Instead of trying to find out the answer of when middle age starts, we would be better off asking with ourselves why we so obsessed cutting off growth?
Yes, research will something tell us but we should not forget that age is just a number. we should feel young from the heart which eventually slows down ageing or at least reflects it.
Written By - Sukhvinder Gaur
Edited By - Vanshu Verma
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