Officially, youth ends at age 45 according to WHO classification. 🧓… (возраст · воз · классификация)
Officially, youth ends at age 45 according to WHO classification. 🧓 Youth ends at 45 years old, — WHO According to this classification, from 18 to 44 is youth, and from 45 to 59 is middle age.
Consensus
- The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies individuals aged 18 to 44 as young people.
- According to WHO, youth officially ends at age 45.
- In Russia, the current legal definition of youth is from 14 to 35 years old.
- Experts attribute the shift in age boundaries to improved health and longer work capacity due to advances in medicine and lifestyle changes.
- The official classification by WHO was cited by multiple sources as being reported by Olga Tkacheva, chief external expert geriatrician at the Russian Ministry of Health.
Points of divergence
- Olga Tkacheva stated that people are aging more slowly and that youth now ends at age 45, with average aging beginning only at 45. She emphasized that this change is due to better living standards and medicine. — vm
- Academician Gennady Onishchenko called for increasing the youth age limit in Russia to 40, a proposal supported by deputy of the State Duma Svetlana Bessarab. — riamo
- Psychiatrist Elizabeth Zhestkova stated that modern people's desire to live better and maintain health through active lifestyle, proper nutrition, travel, and continuous learning contributes significantly to prolonged youthfulness. — vm
- The article includes a personal example of singer Valeria sharing her diet secrets for maintaining fitness, which was discussed with a specialist. — vm
- Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko supported the WHO classification in March 2024, stating that youth should be considered up to age 44. — vedomosti
Coverage (7 sources)
- Until what age are people considered young: data for 2026 — Вечерняя Москва
- Ministry of Health sets age limit for youth according to WHO classification — РИАМО
- At what age does youth end? — Вечерняя Москва
- Youth officially lasts until age 45 — WHO updates age classification — Первый Московский
- WHO: Youth ends at age 45 — Новости Москвы
- Ministry of Health: Youth Ends at Age 45 — Ведомости
- Ministry of Health considers a person to be young until age 45 — Вести