Why 60 is the new middle age: Our longer, healthier lives means we aren't classed as elderly until at least 70
considered “middle-aged”.
Doyou agree that 60 is middle aged
Sixty is the new 40: Healthy living means we now hit middle age later
Previous research by the same team has shown that the traditional definition puts many people in the category of “old” who have characteristics of much younger people.
,Why 60 is the new middle age: Our longer, healthier lives means we aren't classed as elderly until at least 70
Retirement may be beckoning and your knees may be creaking. But if you are 60, you are merely middle-aged.Scientists say that as we live longer, we need to rethink what we classify as being old.They say that rather saying old age starts at a fixed age such as 60 or 65, we must factor in how much longer we have to live.They suggest that we don’t think of ourselves as being old until we are within 10 to 15 years of the average life expectancy for our countrymen and women.
We need to reclassify what we think of as being old, Austrian scientists have declared in a new study. People shouldn't think of themselves as elderly until they are within 10 to 15 years of dying
The average life expectancy for women in the UK is 82.8 years, meaning British females needn't consider themselves old until they are 72 or 73.
Similarly, with male life expectancy at 79 years, men don't become old until they are close to 70.
And if old age starts later, by definition, middle-age does too.
Researcher Dr Sergei Scherbov, said: ‘Age can be measured as the time already lived or it can be adjusted taking into account the time left to live.
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considered “middle-aged”.
Doyou agree that 60 is middle aged
Sixty is the new 40: Healthy living means we now hit middle age later
Previous research by the same team has shown that the traditional definition puts many people in the category of “old” who have characteristics of much younger people.
,Why 60 is the new middle age: Our longer, healthier lives means we aren't classed as elderly until at least 70
- Old age should be calculated by how many years a person has left to live
- People aren't old until they are within 10 to 15 years of dying, scientists say
- Based on average life expectancy, women are 'old' at 73 and men at 70
- Middle age also starts later; a 60-year-old is now middle-aged, experts said
The average life expectancy for women in the UK is 82.8 years, meaning British females needn't consider themselves old until they are 72 or 73.
Similarly, with male life expectancy at 79 years, men don't become old until they are close to 70.
And if old age starts later, by definition, middle-age does too.
Researcher Dr Sergei Scherbov, said: ‘Age can be measured as the time already lived or it can be adjusted taking into account the time left to live.
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