Feeling lonely, unhappy can accelerate aging more than smoking
The role that psychology plays in the aging process has long been underestimated.
By Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech | Sep. 27,2022
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Story at a glance
A new study from U.S. and Chinese researchers shows that
a person’s mental health can play a role in how quickly someone ages.
The study found that feelings of sadness and loneliness alone could increase a person’s biological age by up to 1.65 years.
The study also looked at how other health and environmental factors affected the accelerated aging process.
Researchers found that smoking could add up to 1.25 years to a person’s biological age.
Poor mental health can speed up a person’s aging process more than smoking or certain diseases, according to a new study.
Humans have two different ages.
There is chronological age, which measures how much time a person has spent on Earth,
and then there is biological age, referring to how old a person seems.
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