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In school we have been learning about science and have carried out an experiment that we perform, research and display on a board. I asked the question of what question has the best health and fitness ability and I have written an explanation on this topic. I hope you enjoy! Please feel welcome to leave your thoughts in the comments below.

What age group has the best health and physical ability?

All vital organs lose some function over time of aging.  

Here, we are looking at our eyes for sight, Our ears for

sound and our heart for walking around every day.  

What happens as you age?

Eyeball:

The things to look out for with the aging eyeball

is mainly looking at the lens, this will become more

stiff, so harder to see objects from a close proximity.  

Ear:

Tiny cells in your ear are part of what helps you

hear things.  As we get older these hair cells may

get damaged or die, making it harder to hear higher pitches.

Heart:

As you age, so do your blood vessels, making

them less flexible and so less easy to pump the blood round

your body, making your heart work faster.  You can also have

a fatty plaque growing inside of your arteries which

will slowly block them up with time.

Cells are the basic building block of tissue.

 As we age the cells get bigger with us, when they get

bigger it is harder for them to divide and multiply.  

This increases the growth of fatty substances around the

organs like lipofuscin. This fat growth causes the

organs and vessels to become more stiff and rigid.  

The main cause of this is an unhealthy diet,

this encourages the fat to grow and covers the organs.

With the possibility of resulting in:

Illness

A need for Medications

Significant life changes such as difficulty of walking, and getting out of the house.

sudden increased physical demands of the body, such as a change in activity, like, the reduction of physical activities that may take away your breath quickly.

When these organs are pushed to the limit

different ages may react differently or have different

results of the peak of their health.  Because of aging,

the cells and tissue are worn and with aging cause the

organ to lose function and not work as well as the younger

organs seen in younger beings.

Materials

If you decide to try out our experiment for yourself here is what you might need to get started;

Eye test paper

A meter ruler

Phone (Hearing app)

Fitbit

Paper and pens to write names and results.