Research shows that a diet low in vegetables and fruits and high in red meat, fast food, and sugar-sweetened soft drinks was associated with accelerated biological aging even in young adulthood.

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Poorer children more likely to age faster than affluent counterparts, study finds. 🧒💔 Biological disadvantages may be shaped in first decade of a child’s life depending on family affluence. Children from higher affluence had longer telomeres and lower cortisol levels compared with low affluence. 📉💰

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Ageing accelerates around age 50 for humans, some organs faster than others. The findings add to mounting evidence that ageing is not linear, but is instead pockmarked by periods of rapid change. It also suggests that some tissues, especially blood vessels, age faster than others. 🧓🔬⏳

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Biological aging predicts midlife cognitive decline 🧠, especially in those raised in poverty 💰. Children from low-income families may be more vulnerable to age-related cognitive decline, according to a new twin study.

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A multi-university twin study finds that accelerated biological aging, amplified by early-life disadvantage, is linked to cognitive decline later in life. 🧬🧠📉

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Social support, from childhood warmth to adult community involvement, may slow biological aging, setting back the “epigenetic clocks” ⏳ and making you younger than your years, according to DNA studies 🧬.

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The tiny blood vessels in the eyes, examined through a retina scan, might hold the key to predicting a person’s risk of developing heart disease ❤️🩺 and how fast they’re biologically aging ⏳👁️.

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Long-term calorie restriction may slow biological aging in the brain 🧠. The research provides evidence that a 30% reduction in calories preserves the metabolic function of cells responsible for insulating nerve fibers.

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Childhood adversity linked to accelerated biological aging in women 🧬⏳👩.

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* ⚖️ Specific childhood hardship patterns are linked to faster biological aging in women, with effects varying by sex and race/ethnicity.

* 🧬 Researchers identified distinct adversity patterns, like "Financial Adversity" and "Socioeconomic Adversity," showing these specific combinations, not just a cumulative score, impact long-term health.

* ⏳ The study found women in certain adversity groups exhibited accelerated biological aging, a connection not statistically clear in men, supporting the "weathering" hypothesis of chronic stress wearing down the body.

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Association between shingles vaccination and slower biological aging: Evidence from a U.S. population-based cohort study 🧬💉

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Teens who frequently lash out at others may face lasting physical health consequences later in life... The study found that aggressive behavior in early adolescence is linked to faster biological aging and higher body mass index (BMI) by age 30.

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Research has found social inequality is linked to faster biological aging. Evidence of accelerated biological aging associated with social disadvantage is already visible in children, indicating that social inequality can shape biology from a young age.

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Younger generations are aging biologically faster than their older counterparts. This faster biological aging is also linked to early-onset cancers. Immune system aging is linked to earlier lung cancer; fat tissue aging is linked to earlier colorectal cancer.

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Unconditional cash transfers to mothers with low income may slow biological aging in their children. Because of the randomized controlled trial design, the researchers concluded that these changes were caused by receipt of the higher cash transfer, rather than other factors.

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Simple Diet Change Shifted People's Biological Age Markers in Just 4 Weeks: Strongest evidence from eating both plant and animal foods, but with less fat and more carbohydrates, biological-age 3.5 to 4.1 years lower than high-fat group, the carbohydrates mainly from whole, minimally processed foods.

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