![]() To compute the legal drinking and smoking age, a different method is used. This means that a child born on 31st December would be regarded as two years old the following day. ![]() This will have the interesting result of many South Koreans becoming younger by a year or two.Ĭurrently, South Koreans have Korean age, which means a person is one at birth and gains a year on each New Year’s Day. In South Korea, the government has passed laws to replace its traditional methods of counting ages with an international standard. Oh, and different organs and tissues can have different biological ages as well! A new system for age in South Korea And genetic, environmental and epigenetic factors have a role to play as well. In contrast, your biological age may be higher if you are sedentary, chronically ill or in poor physical condition. ![]() Your biological age may be lower than your chronological age if you’re quite healthy and fit. Your biological age refers to the age of your cells and tissues based on physiological evidence. ![]() As a law change in South Korea means its citizens will become a year or two younger, we explore what measuring age really looks like.Īnother orbit round the Sun, another cake on the candle, another year on the clock… we all know about aging – but this, in the longevity biz, it’s what’s known as chronological age.Ĭhronological age refers to the number of years you’ve lived, how old you are legally, but there is another, perhaps more pertinent, measure of how old you are – biological age. ![]()
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