There may be an increase in the quantity of life but there appears to be a decline in the quality of life. So many in nursing homes and so many with underlying health conditions - many severe. Age is not the only criteria for living.
.... point to the Western diet as the leading risk factor for disability and death. The fast-food and processed meal habits of all-too-many Americans is taking its toll on our well-being as a nation. Even the fact that we are exercising more does not counteract the pollutants that many of us ingest on a daily basis.
Notice the text highlighted in bold. Which is better - living longer with diseases or shorter with less suffering?? A matter of perspective.
