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A new editorial titled, “Physical Fitness and Lifestyle in Relation to Biological Aging,” has been published in the journal Aging .
As the aging of the world progresses, it is important to develop intervention strategies that target aging itself, rather than focusing only on organ- or disease-based medicine. The aging science hypothesis, which holds that delaying aging can prevent the onset of diseases, has been gaining attention due to advances in aging biomarkers, facilitated by improvements in both measurement techniques (e.g., omics) and analysis techniques (e.g., bioinformatics).
In their editorial, researchers Takuji Kawamura, Zsolt Radak, Mitsuru Higuchi, and Kunpei Tanizawa from the Graduate School of Sport Sciences at Waseda University and the Center for Molecular Kinetics Science at the Hungarian University of Physical Education highlight the importance of investigating the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and the DNA methylation (DNAm) aging clock.
Their goal is to establish fitness baselines that can help slow aging. They also discuss their recent report on “Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and lifestyle-related factors and the DNA methylation-based aging clock in older men: The Waseda Health Study.”
“Our study reinforces the concept in aging science that active lifestyle choices can influence quantifiable molecular biomarkers of biological aging,” the authors write.
Further information: Kawamura, T. et al., “Physical fitness and lifestyle in relation to biological aging,” Aging (2024). DOI: 10.18632/aging.206031
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