10 August 2015 - Business View Caribbean
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Survey Finds Americans Are Optimistic About
Aging But Not Quite As Young As They Feel
Over a third of people expect to reach their 90s
and more than half of Americans have changed
their diets to combat the effects of aging
We’ve all heard the phrase “You’re Only As Young
As You Feel” but new survey findings from Inside-
Tracker have shown outward appearances and at-
titudes can be deceiving. Its America’s Attitude to
Aging study found that while 65 percent of people
say they look good for their age, less than half be-
lieve they are in good shape. It also found that 60
percent of users of its InnerAge platform, a service
that determines a person’s biological age are, in
fact, older than their years (on average by 3.13 yrs.),
despite people reporting they look (70 percent), and
feel (61 percent), younger than they are.
The survey also calls into question the notion
that America is a youth obsessed society:
• Three times as many people claim they would
rather stay at age 50 than 20
• Only 17 percent of respondents consider people
in their 60s to be old
• 72 percent expect to live into their 80s and one in
ten believe they will reach 100
• We are honest about our age, with only 1 in 5 peo-
ple having lied about it. When people do lie, they
are more likely to claim to be older
• 71 percent expect to live longer than their parents
• The top three celebrities believed to be aging well
are George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Sean Connery
for men; and Madonna, Betty White and Jennifer
Aniston for women.
