How Golden are Americans’ Golden Years?
Authored by: Isabella Flutak Art by: Rachel Jacob My grandparents from Milan still climb mountains. At almost ninety years old, they have an active social life and bike to the farmer’s market for fresh food. My grandmother still cooks for the whole family whenever we stay with her. Still, when I think of aging, I think of a stagnant, almost vegetative state—the opposite of my grandparents’ lifestyle. Perhaps this discrepancy is because the United States has the largest healthspan-lifespan gap...