According to a new report published in the medical journal The Lancet, going by the current trajectories pertaining to the pace of increase in life expectancy, babies born in the industrialized countries - including the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan among others - since 2000 would expectedly living up to the age of 100 years.

As per the trends included in the report, while a triple-digit life-span may become a common norm for today's babies, half of the babies born in the US since 2007 may even live past 100 - up to
104 years of age!

The study's lead author, Dr. Kaare Christensen, of the Danish Aging Research Centre at the University of Southern Denmark, said that the increased life-span during the first part of the 20th century can largely be attributed to reduced infant mortality.

Expressing a similar opinion, Dr. Harrison Bloom - senior associate at New York's International Longevity Center - said that longevity would result from improved eating habits; a healthier lifestyle and ongoing improvements in the environment.

Saying that a longer life-span is good for individuals, Christensen added the aging population would probably become a more vibrant section of the societies they live in, and will have a better quality of life than that of the older people in the present times.

Christensen said: "The good news is people will generally be functioning well -- it's more like they're postponing their aging process."