Why do old people shrink?
471791
loss of connective tissue between their bones
232010
NO way when they are old they wont have to tuck their breast's into their trousers!Also any more than a hand full is a waste so my partner says to me.the only thing about being skinny thought is the men don't expect food in our fridge my other half was shocked to see how much i eat.
623782
Well, hair is part of the skin, as you get old, your skin shows, rigtht, no wonder why the hair does too.
389654
Because people of all ages experience lonliness and isolation. The elderly are looking for ways to meet people that they can relate to just as teens are. They need an avenue to express themselves in the same way that youth do, especially since many retired people have free time and lack social interaction.
606183
older people become more of a liability and need special care. Plus they are not productive as a young person.
729308
It's winter they shrink!
768487
yes, teenagers hanging around streets terrify the elderly,although they may be unaware of their actions, the fear that comes into the elderly is unreal, and then you have the little b*******ds that intentionnaly set out to scare them, they should be locked up and have the life scared out of them by the elderly........... set them straight!!!
710159
As the time goes by our cells decay and we loose them, some of them cells are never replaced and the process of aging starts to cave in, the skin begin to wrinkle and our organs start to slow down functions..☺
1164755
Likely for the same reason that the furniture shrinks as we get older - the growing itself is what does it.  \n\nAs we mature, we have longer and longer attention spans.  We are able to sit quietly and complete a time consuming task - where as when we were kids, we had short attention spans and so we would flit from activity to activity, getting to do many more things in the same amount of time.  I think that creates the illusion of time speeding up for us.
601486
Because adults have more responsibilities than children.  When you get really old, you have less responsibilities and you sleep more.  Interesting.
1027689
For the same reason the rest of the body deteriorates with age.  Just like a car deteriorates with age. etc etc... use ..missuse abuse and just wearing out.
663696
Because they deep down inside they still believe that once they hit the age where they can no longer bare children they are worthless, unattractive and unneeded.  Also, it's a basic female belief that old = ugly.  Unfortunately, this is something that they've done to themselves.  Just pick up any Cosmo or Glamor and flip to any page.  That is what they believe that they have to live up to until the day that they die.
387975
just like your clothing, elasticity dies out in your skin, so if you stretch too far then the elastic in your skin wears out and will not shrink all the way. I have lost over 100lbs and have alot of that skin.
351728
Uh, "shrinkage" is not a universal phenomenon.  It applies only in specific circumstances,
379464
A....Maybe because you are getting OLDER!\n\n\nDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAA
414449
BECAUSE ALL THOSE YEARS OF THINKING CAUSES YOU TO GROW BALD. AND AS YOU GET OLDER YOU LOOSE YOUR HEARING AND YOUR EARS DON;T WORK ANYMORE SOOOOO HAIR GROWS IN THEM
283469
Well, generally, how one adapts to changes in the life span--growing older, etc.  Our social circles can stop growing, or shrink, activity level slows, cognitive processing may go slow, and inhibitory processes in thought lessen.  Etc.