Identify a True Statement About Aging

question 24

Multiple Choice

Identify a true statement about aging.

• A) ​Since the 1900s, the average life expectancy has increased by more than 40 years.
• B) ​Old age is determined by physical and mental conditions, not by chronological age.
• C) ​Growing evidence suggests that most of the effects of aging are irreversible and inevitable.
• D) ​Older people of age 65 and above fall under the same mental and physical condition.

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