Aging is a progressive functional decline with age, ultimately culminating in death, including a deterioration in available physiological capacity (to maintain the baseline homeostasis) and in hormonal activity, a reduced fitness, an increase in vulnerability, and irreversible age-related processes of loss of viability and a decrease in fecundity. Globally, the median age of the population is increasing. There are numerous ill societal and economic consequences of an increasingly aging population. These consequences can be circumvented by ensuring that while there are more older adults, there is a corresponding increase in the age to which people remain healthy and productive.

Women live longer than men and are more susceptible to mental health disorders such as depression, which also has a knock-on effect on physical health and longevity. Additionally, women’s reproductive age is a lot shorter than men’s. Men produce millions of sperms starting from puberty until they die. However, a female fetus is born with a predetermined number of eggs that she will have starting from puberty until her mid to late forties. Therefore, reproductive health is not only sexist but also ageist. 

Like any other normal physiological process, aging has some predetermining factors such as genetics and ethnicity. However, these factors cannot be changed. Some practical ways and tools can, however, be implemented to control aging.