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the past 100 years, people believed middle age to be 50 years old. This is when we start to grow 'old'. However, new research says we have to change this. A study the International Institute Applied Systems Analysis (IIAS) in Austria and Stony Brook University New York says middle age now starts 60 or even 65, or older. Why? The biggest reason is that we are living longer. We are also healthier, we have better diets, we exercise more and we have more money to live a nicer lifestyle. The IIAS said: "Since life expectancies have increased the past several decades, and are continuing to increase, people once considered 'old' should actually be viewed as more middle aged."

The study was not a worldwide one so perhaps not everyone all countries can say they are middle aged when they are 65. The researchers looked populations 39 European countries, so this is good news Europeans. Britain's National Health Service warned looking this study and believing it to be 100 per cent true. It said the researchers did not look things which could reduce life expectancy: "We don't know whether, example, they factored the possible impact being unable to treat infections because of rising antibiotic resistance, or the increased numbers people with diabetes due obesity." It recommended healthy living, eating and exercise as a way to live longer.

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