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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Older People Are Physically And Mentally Fitter Than 30 Years Ago, Says Finland Study

Title:
Older People Are Physically And Mentally Fitter Than 30 Years Ago, Says Finland Study
 
Author:
Carly Cassella
 
Published:
Science Alert, 23 September 2020
 
From the article:
Over the last few decades, human life expectancy has increased by an extraordinary amount. The average person born in the 1960s lived to around 52 - in Finland, they can now expect to live to over 80.
 
What's less clear is how many of those extra years are spent in good health with relatively good mental and physical function.