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Many dread aging, but for some Black centenarians, 100 is just another number. Videos of Black centenarians celebrating their birthdays have recently gone viral on social media, garnering millions of views from people who, in many cases, express shock over just how active these older adults are. One of the viral videos is a TikTok of a Black woman celebrating her 100th birthday.
” “He’s so strong and so capable of enduring hardships that he lived a long life,” Skipper said. Another factor increasing longevity is having a positive social network, according to Tamara Baker and Alyssa Ann Gamaldo-Roddy, researchers and members of the Gerontological Society of America, an organization that supports the study of aging. Both Baker and Gamaldo-Roddy have conducted research on aging Black adults for decades, and they are hosting an episode of the GSA on Aging podcast next week.
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