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Does more exercise ALWAYS mean slower aging? A new 2025 twin study challenges this, finding high activity might accelerate some aging markers! We dive into what this really means for your health, mortality, and if genetics play a bigger role than we thought.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Paper Details
02:38 - Why This Study Matters
04:34 - Marker 5
05:47 - Measuring Aging
06:54 - Four Exercise Categories
07:54 - U Shape Curve for Aging
09:16 - Why Aging Might Have Been Accelerated?
10:27 - Impact on All Cause Mortality
11:43 - Short vs Long Term Follow up
12:29 - Confounders
14:23 - Rethinknig Exercise and Aging
15:23 - What Does this Really Mean?
15:57 - Marker 15
16:45 - The Sweet Spot of Exercise
17:34 - The Bigger Picture
18:01 - Limitations
18:51 - My Take On Things
22:01 - Outro
SELECTED REFERENCES:
Kankaanpää, A., Tolvanen, A., Joensuu, L., Waller, K., Heikkinen, A., Kaprio, J., Ollikainen, M., & Sillanpää, E. (2025). The associations of long-term physical activity in adulthood with later biological ageing and all-cause mortality – a prospective twin study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 40(1), 107–122. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-024-01200-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-024-01200-x)
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