Essay

In general, people are living longer now. Discuss the causes of this phenomenon. Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.

There is no doubt that science and technology had totally changed our life to be better. The new inventions and findings done by the scientists can benefits us or even harms us. However, in terms of ages, it is proven that people today have older average age than the previous ones. According to a research, the current world average age is about 75 years old compared to 50 years old in 1900. Therefore, it is proven that we live longer than our ancestors.

Science and technology has helped us in searching the suitable medicines to treat the fatal diseases which could not be treated previously by our ancestors. For instance, recently in 2009, researchers from University of California, Davis had eventually found a drug which can reduce heart enlargement. This will cause the risk of heart failure to be reduced and also prevent kidney failure. They used the facilities in the cardiac laboratories to complete the research. There are also certain people who have the modern pacemakers in their heart, which could replace the natural pacemakers in order to keep the hearts pump blood to all parts of body. These show that the inventions of the new equipment can help in lengthen the people's ages.

Furthermore, the technology in food processing also benefit our lives. The processed food are enriched with much useful vitamins, minerals, proteins and so on. Nowadays, most products sold attract the public to buy them by providing some information about the nutritional contents. Some are also added with more calcium, which is more suitable for kids and pregnant women. Excellent food packaging also ensures that they are not harmful for the customers as they are not exposed to the air. For example, the canned food are vacuumed first and steriled after being sealed so that no harmful bacteria will grow in it as there is no air to live. Therefore, harmful diseases such as malnutrition and food poisoning can be prevented. Thus, the food technology has increased the average age of human being.

Moreover, we could also see that many advertisements and programs are conducted for public in order to increase the health awareness among public. These are very good as healthy lifestyle can also contribute for the longer life. Such programs teach us on how to have a balanced diet, which sports are suitable, motivation on health and others. Thus, people will be more educated on those significant things for their life. For example, in certain countries such as Brunei, smoking is totally prohibited in all covered buildings in accordance to reach the aim of having a smoke-free environment. Some non-profit organizations also encouraged people to at least walk 10,000 steps a day to keep their hearts in a healthy condition. Thus, public awareness on health can keep them live longer.

 In conclusion, technology and campaigns held nowadays cause people to live longer than before. This is the opportunity for the young men to keep advancing our technology with the help of the wise old ones as they have much more knowledge gained from their experiences. More babies can also be born to increase the population of the world community. Pretend that all the people are young, would not it be bad for us?