What is your real 'biological age', and what does this mean for your health?
February 13, 2018 by Carissa Bonner, The Conversation
Biological age calculators are a crude measurement but can be a wake-up call to improve our lifestyle. Credit: Lorene Farrugia
Age-based risk calculators that work out your "real biological age" are increasingly popular. We hear about body age on health shows like How to Stay Young; gyms promote reductions in metabolic age and fitness age; games and apps claim to lower your brain age; and researchers have developed specific organ measures like heart age, lung age and bone age.
It seems most people have a "biological age" that is older than it should be. Four out of five people, for instance, have an older heart age than their current age. But what does this really mean?
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