Dr. Jeffrey Gladden argues we need to rethink aging. A 2022 IMF study of 41 countries found that 70-year-olds today have the grip strength of 54-year-olds in 2002 and the cognitive performance of 52-year-olds in 2000, even as obesity rates rise.
we have to redefine what it means to be our age. And the International Monetary Fund came out with a report last year where they said that 70-year-olds in 2022 across 41 countries around the world had the same grip strength as 54-year-olds in 2002 and the same cognition as 52-year-olds in 2000. I love that. So, so inspiring. We're making progress in spite of the obesity crisis in, you know, the US and the UK. Actually, progress is being made, and we have to come up with a new mental image of what 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100— what that looks like.
