Health Matters: Healthy Aging

On this edition of  "Health Matters," Claudia John, project director, UDC CAUSES Institute of Gerontology, joins Associate Provost Dr. Connie Webster to discuss healthy aging. Currently people over 65 years of age number 483 million in the world. By the year 2025 approximately 18% of the world population will be seniors. In 2005 there were an estimated 67,473 people aged 100 or older living in the United States. People are living longer and it’s important that good health is a part of their lives.