AGEING

The need of having a good life is universal and is similar across countries, cultures and religions. Though the parameters of a good life varies from person to person but there are some basic things that remain same throughout such as, having a good health, being young and to have a good social life. In a broader sense all the components are interrelated with each other like having a good health can delay the ageing process and this can uplift the esteem of a person and make him socially more active. So we can say the having a good health should be the main goal for a good life, but in today’s world living has become more stressful and unhealthy. Even in developed countries such as Australia, the quality of living is good but it does promises a healthy living that can prevent some of the major problems faced by people such as sickness, ageing etc.

Ageing is a biological process and we all are ageing with passing time. But sometimes some social and environmental factors may accelerate this process and cause early ageing. It is important to be aware of such social factors which may interfere with the biological clock and cause early ageing. Ageing is a major problem in developed countries like Australia because of the social factors such as, Independent living and relying on Junk food which is unhealthy and lack essential nutrients required for the body to keep fit and young. Another social factor having unhealthy habits such as smoking and having alcohol which again had harmful toxins and free radicals which lead to ageing. (1) And lastly taking sun bath, tanning, excessive sun exposure and staying in sun for longer period of time also causes the skin cells to age early (2) and in a country like Australia, eating junk food,  smoking, alcoholism and taking a sun bath for long period of time is a prevalent culture which is leading towards ageing. This topic has been chosen because it is a matter of concern and should be acknowledged. Guidelines and measures should be provided by specialists to avoid this problem and educate people about a healthy living.

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