What is Middle age?
{{No sources|date=December 2024}} :''For the time in history, see [[Middle Ages]].'' '''Middle age''' is the period of [[life]] between [[youth]] and before [[old age]]. There is no fixed age, but most people think it begins when someone is about 30 years old, until the person is about 64 years old. In most countries, people that think that by middle age, people should be mature, perhaps with a good, steady job and a family. Due to promotion, middle age is sometimes a time when adults have greater [[wealth]] and [[influence]] than earlier in their [[career]]s, although they may have less [[Household income in the United States|disposable income]] due to having [[children]]. However, it is also common for some adults to suffer from mid-life [[crisis]], helped moslty by widespread and socially accepted [[ageism]], when they are unsure about their life and sometimes become [[depressed]] because of it. [[Women]] and [[men]] often have different experiences of middle age partly depending on whether they choose to [[Employment|work]] or care for their family [[Homemaker|full-time]]. == Health == Middle-aged people begin to look older, with more [[Rhytidectomy|wrinkle]]s in their [[skin]], and start to have [[grey]] [[hair]]. They become less [[Physical fitness|fit]] and usually gain more [[weight]]. Middle-aged [[female]]s find it harder to become [[pregnant]]. If they do have a [[baby]], there is a higher chance that it will have a [[Genetics|genetic]] [[disease]] ([[Down syndrome]], for example). Females usually have their [[menopause]] in middle age, when they stop [[Menstruation|bleeding]] every month. When that happens, they cannot have [[children]] anymore. [[Category:Human life stages]]