Mediterranean diet, tea consumption, physical activity… The lifestyle habits of centenarians are being scrutinized in the hope of understanding the source of their longevity. While global life expectancy was around 32 years in 1900, it has more than doubled in just over a century, exceeding 71 years in 2021Thanks to vaccines, antibiotics (after World War II), and the global public health campaigns of the 20th century, life expectancy has increased so much, and it's something to dream about.
By Coralie Lemke THE Subscribers
Although it has doubled in a century, average life expectancy is slowing down, and sometimes even reversing, due to health, economic, or social crises. Priority is now being given to a new target: healthy life expectancy.
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Epidemics, suicides, psychotropic drug use, armed conflicts or economic crises can lead to a decline in life expectancy in some countries.
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