Episode 7: Physical Signs of Aging

We talk about getting older and how we might think biblically about “age-resisting activities.”

Resources

“Beyond the Mask: Women's Experiences of Public and Private Ageing During Midlife and their Use of Age-Resisting Activities” by K. Ballard, M. A. Elston, and J. Gabe. Health, 9(2), 2005. 169–187. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459305050584

“Body Image in Adult Women: Moving Beyond the Younger Years” by Lisa Smith Kilpela, Carolyn Black Becker, Nicole Wesley, and Tiffany Stewart. Advances in Eating Disorders 3(2), 2015. Body Image in Adult Women: Moving Beyond the Younger Years - PMC

“Characteristics of Aging Skin” by Miranda A. Farage, Kenneth W. Miller, Peter Elsner, and Howard I. Maibach. Advanced Wound Care 2(1), 2013. doi: 10.1089/wound.2011.0356

“Filling the Empty Nest: Eating Disorders and Moms Launching Children,” by Deborah A. Russo. Eating Disorder Hope. Filling the Empty Nest: Eating Disorders and Moms Launching Children

“Metabolic Changes in Aging Humans: Current Evidence and Therapeutic Strategies” by Allyson K. Palmer and Michael D. Jensen. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 132(16), 2022. Metabolic changes in aging humans: current evidence and therapeutic strategies - PMC

“Sources of Body Comparison and Their Relation to Body Image Concerns Among Middle-Aged Women” by K. A. Thompson & A. M. Bardone-Cone. Eating Behaviors, 40, 101468, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101468

“Women’s Midlife Experience of Their Changing Bodies” by Elizabeth M. Bannister. Qualitative Health Research 9(4), 1999. https://doi.org/10.1177/104973299129122045