Feedback Unit 2: Elderly Female and Physical and Physiological Body

Thank you for your contribution to this clear and informative educational website submission. I was particularly stricken by your group’s use of short yet information-packed visuals, videos, and infographics alike. Starting out with “Understanding the Normal Aging Process” was an excellent way to introduce your topic. This set the stage for a baseline upon which to compare later pathology and gender differences in health.

While the written content was concise and informative, may I suggest a larger font? The amount of visual information on these educational websites can be hard on the eyes, and a larger font could improve the absorption of the information. I am almost 59 years old and wear reading glasses, so I feel this would greatly assist the target audience. The content talks about statements of health differences between genders but sometimes omits how these differences affect women. More clarification here may be helpful. For example, the site talks about “a higher percentage of body fat and may experience alterations in fat distribution” and “women produce fewer essential substances needed for joint health.” I think I could understand the implications better if they were explained a little in the same section of the paragraph. The believe later YouTube TED Talk video rescued this issue. There are also several declarative statements made on gender health differences that beg supportive references immediately after, such as when discussing “lipid profiles and an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases” under the physical section.

Your group did an excellent job describing the physiological and physical aspects of female aging as they relate to the older female adult. The information is sectioned with suitable headings and provides extensive description and discussion around hormonal and other changes in menopausal women. In that peri-menopausal states are a recent area of study, I would not expect an extensive discussion on such on your website; however, a mention might be indicated. As well I would suggest more “Late Adulthood” specific content as sometimes I forget that this was the topic at hand with a generic infographic and discussion around pregnancy and related complications. I spotted a few punctuation and reference citation mishaps, but nothing that cannot be quickly corrected. I really liked the infographic from Hagg & Jylhava, (2021) with its gender comparison format. This really expanded my knowledge on the subject.

To conclude, I enjoyed your group’s website submission thus far. It provides easily absorbed sound bites of information and is broken up well with visuals that grab the attention and maintain interest. Well done!