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Incidentally I was just doing some digging through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_ve
by userbinator 2y ago
Incidentally I was just doing some digging through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_pe... recently, and it seems most if not all of them didn't have any particularly healthy lifestyles, so I suspect it is largely genetic.
There are some surprising notes in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment#Health_and_lifestyle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment#Health_and_life... such as:
Calment continued smoking in her elderly years until she was 117
And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Mortensen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Mortensen :
Mortensen enjoyed cigars in moderation and drank lots of water
Also some stats on the countries represented in the above list:
US 38F 27M 65T
Japan 23F 19M 42T
France 7F 4M 11T
UK 5F 5M 10T
Canada 3F 2M 5T
- woleium 2y agoI am not claiming to be an expert, but as i understand it, there have been instances where someone looses all their paperwork and is reissued after being asked how old they are. A shrewd individual may say an age that is greater than their actual age, in order to claim a state pension earlier than they would otherwise be entitled to. It has been said that this is the cause of the famous “blue zones” in Japan and Spain.
- GuB-42 2y agoIn the case of Jeanne Calment, there is suspicion that her daughter took her place in order to claim her pension. It is completely unproven despite a thorough investigation, but reaching the age of 122 is so unlikely that some people think that fraud is still the most likely explanation.