Adults 65 and older report feeling much less tired than people in their 20's or teens

According to a new study that tracked nearly 13,000 Americans rated their energy levels and found that elderly people say they feel much less tired than teenagers and younger adults.
The results defy stereotypes of older people as weak and tired and counter earlier studies.
What's even more surprising, is that the results can't be explained away by elderly people sleeping longer or doing fewer tiring activities. In fact, tiredness dropped off after age 40 and continued to decrease with age.
The results which were published on-line in the Journals of Gerontology, were controlled for how healthy people thought they were and other characteristics, such as gender, ethnicity and how much people slept. Researchers also factored in how much of the day was spent doing tiring activities. So why might older people report feeling less tired than teens? The researchers say "We don't know" and we'd love to find out".
Todd will talk about this in an upcoming Your Safe Money Show.