World’s oldest man celebrates 115th birthday

115 year old Jiroemon Kimura who has fathered 7 children (5 are still alive), has 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 13 great-great-grandchildren says the secret to longevity is “eating small portions of food”
The world’s oldest living man, Jiroemon Kimura of Kyoto, Japan, celebrated his 115th birthday on Thursday.
According to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, he is not only the world’s oldest living man, but is the third-oldest man in recorded history.
Kimura  says “I’m delighted beyond words.”
According to him, the secret to longevity which has worked for him is  eating small portions of food.
Kimura who worked at a post office for 38 years before switching careers to become a farmer until he was 90 years old has another distinction: He is technically a super-centenarian (someone who is 110 or older). According to GRG, there are 70 verified super-centenarians alive today.
However, Kimura is not technically the world’s oldest living person; that distinction belongs to Georgia resident Besse Cooper, who was born on August 26, 1896.