eI will write on the topic of why people today are living longer than in the past. First of all, the level of medical care has increased compared to the past.
Nowadays, if you get sick, the cause of your illness can be immediately identified, and you can be given medicines and vaccines for it. For example, the coronavirus entered Japan in January 2020, but as of July 2021, many people have been vaccinated against it. In the past, a lot of people lost their lives due to epidemics and contagious diseases, and many continuous have left their names in history, such as plague, cholera, tuberculosis. However, modern medicine has been able to solve these problems. That’s how fast we are developing ways to deal with and treat pathogens, and the level of medical care is improving. Another reason is that people have become more health-conscious in order to keep their bodies strong and avoid getting sick in the first place.
With the rise of fast food and processed food, many people are still eating them, but everyone nowadays knows that they are bad for our bodies and health. More and more people are starting to eat organic foods and take insufficient nutrition from well-balanced meals and supplements. In recent years, there has also been a lot of attention paid to Japanese food, which has a remarkably low-fat intake among developed countries.
In addition, the development of health devices such as apple watch that allow you to know your heart rate and blood oxygen level, as well as the penetration of terms such as BMI and basal metabolism, have made it easier for people to visibly understand their exercise achievements, and I think this has led to an increase in the number of people who exercise.For these reasons above, in general, people are living longer now.