April 2024 PMID 38221516

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975.

Michel Poulain, Anne Herm

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76
Peak: 27 in Jan 2024
across 6 sources since Jan 2024

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What people are saying

Discussions emphasize the intriguing nature of Okinawa's longevity, with some posts highlighting lifestyle factors like diet and activity, while others question the role of Westernization and data accuracy. The tone varies from curious and supportive to skeptical, contributing to a nuanced view of the research's implications.

AgreementNeither agree nor disagree

Most discussions acknowledge the article's insights but also raise questions about the causes of longevity, especially considering Western influences and potential data inaccuracies.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high curiosity, referencing demographic shifts, lifestyle factors, and debates about cultural and scientific explanations, indicating strong engagement with the topic.

EngagementModerate engagement

Several discussions delve into specifics like diet, exercise, and demographic trends, demonstrating genuine deep engagement, though some are more observational or skeptical.

ImpactModerate impact

Participants see the publication as significant in understanding longevity, but some mention contradictions or limitations, suggesting moderate perceived impact.

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Agingdoc
@agingdoc1 · X

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such a situation, including the plausible invalidation of the age of some oldest in the population." Michel Poulain https://t.co/tHxFF4cNFl @jim | @JInternMed https://t.co/q37s4pCyQN

Jan 15, 2024 · 41 likes · 13 shares · 42,374 followers View post →
Siim Land
@siimland · X

Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in Okinawa has kept increasing In 1975, there were only 29 centenarians in Okinawa, but in 2021 it was 1271 https://t.co/JeE6WyoRTN https://t.co/wsZVgPSLng

Jan 18, 2024 · 34 likes · 9 shares · 27,502 followers View post →
Francesc Formiga
@FormigaFrancesc · X

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 - Poulain - Journal of Internal Medicine - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/yR9w7dsN3L NICE STuDUY

Feb 2, 2024 · 15 likes · 7 shares · 1,957 followers View post →
宇津 貴史 /Utsu, Takashi
@Office_j · X

【備忘】 JIM誌に「沖縄の予想外の長寿:1975年以来の人口動態傾向」と題するレビュー。戦前生まれと戦後生まれで死亡リスクが異なる要因を探索。 https://t.co/DmZY1IKf0M

Jan 15, 2024 · 6 likes · 4,918 followers View post →
Dr. Eddie Ramirez
@EddieRDMD · X

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "Older generations clearly experience a highly favorable mortality pattern, the younger generations show mortality levels that are definitively higher compared to mainland Japan" https://t.co/5s1BnHxgi0 @takumasa39

Jan 16, 2024 · 2 likes · 4,828 followers View post →
JIM - Journal of Internal Medicine
@JInternMed · X

New Key Symposium review from @UCLouvain_be! Exceptional #longevity in #Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975. From the 18th Key Symposium: Longevity and Healthy Ageing: What can we learn from Blue Zones?

Jan 15, 2024 · 2 likes · 1,644 followers View post →

All mentions

Sergio Cannas
@SergioCann74348 · X

L'ISOLA più LONGEVA del MONDO - thepillow https://t.co/axgP5ilyiJ via @YouTube

May 20, 2025 · 1,298 followers View post →
Francesco Dainotti
@FrancescoDaino3 · X

https://t.co/9Hipxg3dLR

May 4, 2025 · 527 followers View post →
Lou Bloum
@loubloum.bsky.social · Bluesky

Pour résumer ils font du sport, continuent à travailler jusqu'à la fin de leur vie et ne mange très peu de produit sucrés ou transformés. Oui. Donc leur vie doit sembler durer 200 ans

Mar 23, 2025 View post →
Lou Bloum
@xiaofengpinku · X

https://t.co/BmbGljUHlO

Mar 23, 2025 · 908 followers View post →
fiorina1
@fiorina12024 · X

L'ISOLA più LONGEVA del MONDO - thepillow https://t.co/DaURuLpiwB via @YouTube

Mar 14, 2025 · 80 followers View post →
Sichel
@sich_el · X

L'ISOLA più LONGEVA del MONDO - thepillow https://t.co/hBmVFUhfPA via @YouTube

Feb 4, 2025 · 73 followers View post →
עִמָּנוּאֵל Sud
@El1_Elyon · X

L'ISOLA più LONGEVA del MONDO - thepillow https://t.co/xh1FY8Uz4q via @YouTube

Jan 30, 2025 · 4,562 followers View post →
Dorothy Beet
@DorothyBeet · X

@srdoncalzonH Sigues sin traer los datos a tu afirmación, la cual es: que los avances de la ciencia y la tecnología están relacionados directamente con la CALIDAD DE VIDA. Por mi parte ya te mencioné Okinawa, que es el dato que tengo para decir que no es tan así. https://t.co/HRATVgNfPw

Apr 18, 2024 · 888 followers View post →
Ruben Harris
@rubenharris · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Mar 24, 2024 · 9 shares · 66,774 followers View post →
Victor Manuel Hernan
@VictorManu73 · X

RT @FormigaFrancesc: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 - Poulain - Journal of Internal Medicine - Wiley Onlin…

Feb 2, 2024 · 7 shares · 44 followers View post →
JorgeEdoChava75
@QicenoJorge · X

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Feb 2, 2024 · 7 shares · 1,003 followers View post →
JOSE MANUEL CANCIO. MD.PhD. PDI.
@canciotrujillo · X

RT @FormigaFrancesc: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 - Poulain - Journal of Internal Medicine - Wiley Onlin…

Feb 2, 2024 · 7 shares · 876 followers View post →
Italo Kumamoto
@fikkumamoto · X

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Feb 2, 2024 · 7 shares · 8,796 followers View post →
Paco Tarazona
@Sabater71 · X

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Feb 2, 2024 · 7 shares · 1,217 followers View post →
Elisabet Sánchez
@Elisabet_Snchz · X

RT @FormigaFrancesc: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 - Poulain - Journal of Internal Medicine - Wiley Onlin…

Feb 2, 2024 · 7 shares · 572 followers View post →
Francesc Formiga
@FormigaFrancesc · X

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 - Poulain - Journal of Internal Medicine - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/yR9w7dsN3L NICE STuDUY

Feb 2, 2024 · 15 likes · 7 shares · 1,957 followers View post →
Kaushal Kashyap Ⓥ
@ktimesk · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 19, 2024 · 9 shares · 188 followers View post →
Tommi
@pekontom · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 19, 2024 · 9 shares · 205 followers View post →
luis hernan graffe
@hernangraffe · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 18, 2024 · 9 shares · 3,154 followers View post →
Longevity Lab
@longevitylab_ · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 18, 2024 · 9 shares · 24 followers View post →
Siim Land
@siimland · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 18, 2024 · 9 shares · 27,502 followers View post →
Koji Kitazawa
@kojikitazawaeye · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 18, 2024 · 9 shares · 1,499 followers View post →
The Longevist
@Dr_coachbear · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 18, 2024 · 9 shares · 508,657 followers View post →
briellxxy
@briellxxy · X

RT @siimland: Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in…

Jan 18, 2024 · 9 shares · 8 followers View post →
Siim Land
@siimland · X

Okinawa has lost its longevity advantage due to Westernization of diet and lifestyle However, the number of centenarians in Okinawa has kept increasing In 1975, there were only 29 centenarians in Okinawa, but in 2021 it was 1271 https://t.co/JeE6WyoRTN https://t.co/wsZVgPSLng

Jan 18, 2024 · 34 likes · 9 shares · 27,502 followers View post →
Gautam
@sharma14828 · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 16, 2024 · 13 shares · 37,769 followers View post →
BillOckham
@BillOccham0 · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 16, 2024 · 13 shares · 585 followers View post →
平均寿命サミット行きたい人
@yachihohide · X

@makisey 「予想外の沖縄寿命状況」の原著はこれ Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 https://t.co/qG8geTkia0

Jan 16, 2024 · 82 followers View post →
JIM - Journal of Internal Medicine
@JInternMed · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 16, 2024 · 13 shares · 1,644 followers View post →
ALVARO ESPINOZA
@alvarosur · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 16, 2024 · 13 shares · 113 followers View post →
Dr. Eddie Ramirez
@EddieRDMD · X

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "Older generations clearly experience a highly favorable mortality pattern, the younger generations show mortality levels that are definitively higher compared to mainland Japan" https://t.co/5s1BnHxgi0 @takumasa39

Jan 16, 2024 · 2 likes · 4,828 followers View post →
Sivasubramanian Ramani
@DrSisuPark · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 16, 2024 · 13 shares · 152 followers View post →
Alper Aydın (Dietitian )
@aydinnalper · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 16, 2024 · 13 shares · 1,426 followers View post →
roots2025 π
@L_Masha2 · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 15, 2024 · 13 shares · 611 followers View post →
DomTheBoss
@uberrimaefidei1 · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 15, 2024 · 13 shares · 639 followers View post →
Frederic Danel
@Frederic_Danel · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 15, 2024 · 13 shares · 333 followers View post →
宇津 貴史 /Utsu, Takashi
@Office_j · X

【備忘】 JIM誌に「沖縄の予想外の長寿:1975年以来の人口動態傾向」と題するレビュー。戦前生まれと戦後生まれで死亡リスクが異なる要因を探索。 https://t.co/DmZY1IKf0M

Jan 15, 2024 · 6 likes · 4,918 followers View post →
Giuseppe Maltese
@docmaltese · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 15, 2024 · 13 shares · 1,786 followers View post →
Dr Laurent Chatre
@LaurentAChatre · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 15, 2024 · 13 shares · 1,274 followers View post →
John Greene
@Greene_Thoughts · X

RT @agingdoc1: Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such…

Jan 15, 2024 · 13 shares · 1,709 followers View post →
john morley
@drjohnmorley · X

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 - Poulain - Journal of Internal Medicine - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/EFgFR6Gf17

Jan 15, 2024 · 8,303 followers View post →
Agingdoc
@agingdoc1 · X

Exceptional longevity in Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975 "This contribution considers which factors may explain such a situation, including the plausible invalidation of the age of some oldest in the population." Michel Poulain https://t.co/tHxFF4cNFl @jim | @JInternMed https://t.co/q37s4pCyQN

Jan 15, 2024 · 41 likes · 13 shares · 42,374 followers View post →
JIM - Journal of Internal Medicine
@JInternMed · X

New Key Symposium review from @UCLouvain_be! Exceptional #longevity in #Okinawa: Demographic trends since 1975. From the 18th Key Symposium: Longevity and Healthy Ageing: What can we learn from Blue Zones?

Jan 15, 2024 · 2 likes · 1,644 followers View post →