An Ageless Society

Reaching the age of 100 has been a challenge for many but will soon become reality.

Recent research has found that there may be a way to expanding the human life expectancy in the near future to at least 100 years of age. Experts are predicting that with the proper medications and a healthy way of living, this can be the norm for millions of people.

“I guess its good news for individuals and a challenge for societies. If this trajectory continues half the babies will be 100 and I think that gives us a new perspective for how to plan your life,” said Dr. Kaare Christensen, an epidemiologist and lead author from the Danish Aging Research Center at the University of Southern Denmark.

Recently in the British Medical Journal Lancet, an article was released which revealed that babies born since 2007 will most likely live 15 years longer than their parents, 40 years longer than their grandparents and accomplish the goal of seeing their 100th birthday.

Whether this prediction proves to be correct is up to the individual and their willingness to live a certain lifestyle that will require daily medications and exercise.

Once people heard about the prediction, many opinions were expressed. However, Christensen added, “I don’t hear any concerns among the elderly that they are living too long.”

One question that was asked is if it is possible to maintain a healthy lifestyle if the life span was to expand?

Professionals in the medical field such as Hector Gonzalez, assistant professor of medicine and public health at Wayne State University, think this cannot be possible.

“I that’s a very optimistic scenario; however there may be chronic health problems that may not allow us to follow the best-case scenario, not yet,” said Gonzalez.

With the growing number of tribulations with health many are questioning whether or not the predictions will be true. The truth is there is a larger number of American’s population experiencing health problems due to the growing number of obesity, diabetes and the endless battle against cancer.

“There is no reason to think more than half the population living today can’t live until 100,” said Dr. Harrison Bloom, senior associate at the International Longevity Center of New York. “But that would assume better eating habits, a healthier lifestyle and continuing improvements in the environment.”

Keeping all that in mind, many are also wondering if the economy will be healthy enough to keep up with an increase in population. By the time the life span reaches 100 citizens will have to have saved enough to support the growing number of families as well as health care, social security, Medicare, etc. Time will only tell if we will have the resources to support a longer and healthier life span.

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