CNN (2/28, Rogers) reports research indicates that “adolescents ages 11 to 15 who” had obesity, “smoked cigarettes daily, or had a psychological disorder, such as anxiety, depression or” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, “biologically aged nearly three months faster every year than their peers.” Researchers arrived at this conclusion after using “data from 910 people who were part of the Dunedin Study, a long-term investigation that tracked the health and behavior of participants born between April 1972 and March 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand, following” participants “from age three until they were 45 years old.” The findings were published online in JAMA Pediatrics.
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— “Having certain health conditions in adolescence may be linked with faster aging in adulthood, study says “Kristen Rogers, CNN, February 28, 2022