Teenagers with unhealthy lifestyles age faster than healthier peers

Smoking, repeatedly consuming alcohol, doing little train and having a excessive BMI make youngsters age two to 5 weeks a 12 months sooner biologically, in line with a big DNA examine

By Alice Klein

Younger individuals who smoke and produce other unhealthy life-style practices age sooner biologically than friends with out these habits, in line with a examine that adopted 800 youngsters for a decade and assessed markers of ageing of their blood.

“I believe if youngsters knew that issues like smoking truly made them biologically older, it could inspire them to remain wholesome,” says Anna Kankaanpää on the College of Jyväskylä in Finland, who led the analysis.

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