Signal WHO estimate that one in six people will be 60 or older by 2030 underwrites the healthspan framing

Summary

GWI's Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative cites a World Health Organization estimate on population aging. By 2030, according to the WHO, one person in six worldwide will be 60 or older. The Initiative uses this figure to stress that lifestyle strategies, nutrition among them, matter for staying healthy and independent in later life. The estimate supports its broader case that functional foods can serve as an everyday, accessible tool for extending healthspan. It links the demographic shift with rising interest in longevity and in foods aimed at metabolic, cognitive and gut health. Personalised nutrition, informed by nutrigenomics and microbiome science, is presented as a further direction that may make such foods more precise over time.