
Aging may speed up in areas with extreme heat, research suggests
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Extreme heat may accelerate aging in older adults, a new study suggests. More days of higher temperatures resulted in faster biological aging, with potential negative health impacts.
The effect was shown to accelerate "biological aging," the researchers found, raising new concerns about how it could affect long-term health. "Older adults don't sweat the same way. We start to lose our ability to have the skin-cooling effect that comes from that evaporation of sweat." Khloe Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital. She and the lifestyle team cover a range of story topics including food and drink, travel, and health.
While chronological age is based on birthdate, biological age is measured by how well the body functions at the molecular level, according to the National Institute on Aging.