The UN estimates by 2050 3.2 million people will be 100 years or older, compared to 316 000 in 2011.
So, what can you do to become a part of this elite centenarian club?
How can you, live to 100?
There are some obvious steps like, stop getting take-out. 65 year-olds who cooked 5 times a week were 47% more likely to live an extra decade.
Becoming a vegetarian means you have a 12% lowered risk of premature death.
And, if you have to keep eating meat, lay off the cold-cuts.
Processed meats like sausage, bacon, and cold-cuts are linked to a higher incidence of dying from cancer and heart disease.
Less obviously, could you win an Oscar?
Winners, on average live 4 years longer than their losing peers.
Even a Nobel Prize could help, as finalists end up living 1 to 2 years longer than their runner-ups.
