A generation raised on wellness culture and health data is, at the cellular level, aging faster than those who came before — a quiet biological reckoning that science is only beginning to name. Researchers at Washington University have found that the gap between how old a person is and how old their body actually appears is widening across younger cohorts, and that widening gap is itself a measure of disease risk. Early-onset cancers, hypertension in otherwise healthy young adults, and prematurely aged organ systems are no longer anomalies — they are a pattern. The body, it seems, keeps a more
Younger generations aging faster biologically, raising early-onset disease risks
Younger populations face increased risk of early-onset cancers, heart disease, stroke, and other serious health complications previously associated with aging.