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Nature Medicine Study Finds Younger Birth Cohorts Show Higher Biological Age Than Older Ones
Euronews reported findings from a Nature Medicine study indicating higher biological age among adults born 1965-1974 and 1990-1999 compared with earlier groups. The research correlates with a 79 percent global rise in under-50 cancer diagnoses since 1990.
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A study published in Nature Medicine found that individuals born between 1965 and 1974 exhibit higher biological age than those born between 1950 and 1954. The same pattern held for people born 1990-1999, who showed greater biological aging than the 1965-1969 cohort.
Euronews reported the results alongside separate data showing a 79 percent global increase in new cancer diagnoses among people under 50 since 1990.
An estimated 13,800 children and teenagers in the 27 EU member states received cancer diagnoses in 2022. Yin Cao, associate professor of surgery and of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, stated that the findings suggest some younger adults may be experiencing these biological changes earlier than expected and that this could be linked to rising cancer rates in younger generations.
The study does not establish that accelerated biological aging causes higher cancer incidence. It does supply a correlation that examines the body as a whole rather than isolated cells. J. Nangalia stated that it will be fascinating to see whether such measurements may help track changes in health across different populations and generations.
