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Young Adulthood (20s)
- Eat about 2,600 to 2,800 calories a day and walk about 1.5 to 3 miles. This will keep you at a healthy weight.
- Your diet should consist primarily of grains, fruits, and vegetables. Meat and dairy products should be consumed in smaller portions.
- Your important medical checkups are a weight and blood pressure check as well as fulfilling immunizations
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Early Adulthood (30s)
- Continue to eat around 2,400 to 2,500 calories a day. Try to work out the recommended amount for this decade but in case you can't lower your caloric intake
- During this time your testosterone levels will decrease by about 1% a year, this means that you need to work out more to burn off excess fat.
- Chances for type 2 diabetes increase. You should continue to go to the doctor for things like in the past decade but now include a cholesterol checkup.
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Adulthood (40s)
- The amount in calorie intake should be lowered to about 2,200 to 2,300 calories a day. You should start working out more as the mean muscle mass in your body will decrease
- 7 oz. of grains, 3 cups of dairy, 6 oz. of protein, 2 cups of fruit, and 3 cups of vegetables should be your dietary intake
- At the age of 40, it is a good time to discuss with your family inherited diseases and mental health. Diabetes should continue to be a concern
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Late Adulthood (50s)
- Your metabolism has slowed quite a lot by now. Your caloric intake should be dropped about 500 calories from what it was in order to lose weight. Make sure to limit your red meat, sugar, and fat intake.
- In addition to the tests that you took during your 20s through 40s, you will want to add in a colon screening
