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Bookmark or Share- These are the countries where child marriage is legalAn 18-year-old in Australia, for instance, can marry a 16-year-old as long as they have judicial approval. In Iraq, Jamaica and Uruguay, children can marry with parental permission. Different ages for boys and girls. In about one fifth of countries (38), there are different minimum ages for men and women, and almost always the girl is younger.
- How long will people live in the future? - The World Economic ForumGlobal life expectancy at birth has now topped 70 years for men, and 75 years for women. And the population living to 100 and older is predicted to grow to nearly 3.7 million by 2050, from just 95,000 in 1990. According to a study published earlier this year, the biological “hard limit” on our longevity – barring disease and disaster ...
- Lessons in longevity from Japan’s 100-year-old Okinawans | World ...1. Practice ‘hara hachi bu’, eat for health and exercise. Older Okinawans believe the body is a temple and you shouldn’t pollute it. They drink alcohol in moderation and generally don’t smoke much. And they’re very active people, their calorific intake to output is always in near balance and often net-negative, so they burn a lot of fat.
- How different age groups identify with their generational labelsPew identified four generation groups for American adults: Millennials, currently between the ages of 18 and 34; Gen X, between the ages of 35 and 50; Baby Boomers, aged 51 to 69, and the Silent generation, between 70 and 87. As part of their American Trends Panel survey, they asked respondents which generation they identified with.
- Talk to your 80-year-old self, and other tips for the 100-year lifeHere are four ideas that we find help people prepare better for a long life: Talk to your 80-year-old-self. The Saturday edition of the Financial Times carries a personal profile in which a famous person is asked “What would your 20-year-old-self say about you now?”. The trick is to reverse the direction and ask “What would your 100-year ...
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