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Older People Are Physically And Mentally Fitter Than 30 Years Ago, Says Finland Study – ScienceAlert
New research from Europe has found older people are generally living longer and healthier lives than the previous generation.
New research from Europe has found older people are generally living longer and healthier lives than the previous generation.
Today, 75- and 80-year-olds in Finland appear to be physically and mentally fitter than they were 30 years ago.
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 spe…
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