The test gives an indication of ageing within population groups, but does not accurately measure the life expectancy of an individual, because of natural differences in telomere length.

这项测试给出了关于人群组的老化的印证，但是却没有因染色体端粒的自然差异，确切的测量出一个人的预期寿命。

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James Vaupel, director of Duke University's Population Research Institute, is sceptical of the argument that obesity may reverse future progress in life expectancy.

杜克大学人口研究学会主任詹姆斯•沃普尔对于肥胖可能逆转未来寿命增长的说法持怀疑态度。

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There's no denying that longer life expectancy is swelling the number of seniors — people over age 65 — in our population.

不可否认，预期寿命的延长使得65岁以上的老年人口数猛增。

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Male pensioners aged 65 in the small Somerset village of Hinton St George, population 400, have the highest life expectancy in the UK, at 88.7 years.

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But in Nunavut, for example, alcoholism and suicide rates are higher than the national average, life expectancy is lower and almost half of the population lives in overcrowded housing.

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James Vaupel, director of Duke University's Population Research Institute, is sceptical of the argument that obesity may reverse future progress in life expectancy.

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