`Abhi to mai jawan houn': WHO has not reclassified 65-year-olds as youth
Social media users are claiming that World Health Organization (WHO) has reclassified 65-year-olds as youth.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 23 Jun 2022 6:15 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Social media users are claiming that World Health Organization (WHO) has reclassified 65-year-olds as youth.
NewsMeter received the claim on WhatsApp.
Fact Check:
The claim is false.
NewsMeter checked the official website of WHO to verify the authenticity of the viral claim. We didn't find evidence related to the viral claim.
According to a journal, in 2015, WHO revised the age standards. According to the new age classification, the young age is from 25 to 44, middle-age is 44-60, elderly age is 60-75, senile age is 75-90 and long-livers are after 90.
https://journals.
As per UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHC), an older person is defined by the United Nations as a person who is over 60 years of age.
https://emergency.unhcr.org/
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs considers people between the age of 15 and 24 as "youth."
https://journals.
The United Nations has designated the Decade of Healthy Aging will from 2021 to 2030.
https://www.who.int/
Hence, the claim is false.
