Today's generation of children is unlikely to live to age 100.

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When researching this claim, similar facts were found across multiple sources. As conducted by Gerontologist Jay Olshansky; a professor at school of public health at University of Illinois Chicago. Predicted in 1990 that medical devices in children and things we call "band aids" prove a shorter life span. Then tested in 2019 where only 5.1% of females were to live to 100 and only 1.8% of males, as life expectancy kept going down due to lifestyle and choices. Now with those main points established, the same argument and resources can be found on HuffPost.com with, "In the new research, Olshansky and his research partners tracked life expectancy estimates for the years 1990 to 2019, drawn from a database administered by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research." As well as one of the main points of women's life vs men, "Women continue to live longer than men and life expectancy improvements are still occurring — but at a slowing pace, the researchers found" During this research all were conducted from Australia, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States based on both sites. Backing up where the key info can be found, not just on a more accredited site like CNN but others. So even though, this research supports the claim it still is suspicious as they are only testing groups of people and not the overall states. Every person is different and this may be true/untrue,

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-med-life-expectancy_n_670455e7e4b0b12bd23f6916

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Has any generation had a life expectancy to live up to 100?

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Have other generations lived to 100? Was this a prediction expected for our generation? I was also wondering if other sources have backed this up or if this is isolated to HuffPost, a blog owned by BuzzFeed. This study was also published in 1990 it looks like, is there any updated research?

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In a 2021 study, it was found that out of a global population of 336,996,624 people, only about 0.27% are centenarians. The CNN article mentioned that your diet and level of physical activity play a major role in your longevity. If a study were conducted on people born between 2000 and 2010, we might be able to gain a better understanding of our longevity.

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/health/gen-z-mental-health-gallup-wellness-cec/index.html

A lot of the children now are yes, growing up with different factors in technology and much different lifestyles when being compared to Baby Boomers or really any older generation. However, although they have phone screens to be addicted to doesn't mean they haven't learned anything. Kids now a days are more aware of mental health than ever before and they also have great medicine and doctors as well as knowledge to help them out along the way

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I like that you brought in other factors that weren't being taken into consideration in the claim. I would have liked if you included more evidence in the fact-check but overall I agree.

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I thought it was really positive that in your comment in you up that although children now are living different lifestyles, there is also other factors involved that could possibly play into the lifespans of kids today. I was wondering if you were able to find any sources for this information?

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I appreciate your comment because although children are growing up in such a different world today, that also means that we have a lot more resources and technology that can help with health, mental health, and other factors that impact your lifespan. I wonder if there is any evidence or articles about the positive impacts of technology on children and how they could live an even longer life than the generation before?