Gen-Z Is ‘Ageing Like Milk’ And Are More Rapidly Ageing Than Past Generations

The following report is by The Trends Journal:

A newly released study found that younger Americans—those born after 1965—are about 17 percent more likely to be experiencing “accelerated aging” compared to those born between 1950 and 1954.

UPI cited the UK Biobank project that collected and analyzed blood samples from about 149,000 people and considered biomarkers that calculate an individual’s age. A team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis conducted the study.

Some of the biomarkers included albumin, which is a protein produced by the liver that declines with age and glucose, which often stays higher for longer after meals.

These values were plugged into an algorithm called PhenoAge, CNN reported, and calculated each person’s biological age.

For each sign of accelerated aging, these researchers found increased risk of serious illness.

These risks include a 42 percent increase for early onset lung cancer; a 22 percent increase for early onset gastrointestinal cancer, and a 36 percent increase in the risk for uterine cancer.

“If validated, our findings suggest that interventions to slow biological aging could be a new avenue for cancer prevention, and screening efforts tailored to younger individuals with signs of accelerated aging could help detect cancers early,” Ruivi Tian, a doctoral student at the university, said.

Individuals born after 1965 were, on average, more likely to have a biological age that was older than their actual age. These individuals were 17 percent more likely to develop a solid tumor cancer—especially in those under the age of 50…