Location, location, location!
A new study on aging across 40 countries confirms that your geographic location and your “exposome” — the physical, social and sociopolitical factors in your environment — significantly influence your chances of enjoying a long, healthy life. 4
“Our biological age reflects the world we live in,” said Argentinean neuroscientist Agustín Ibáñez , Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College Dublin and the Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat).
“Exposure to toxic air, political instability and inequality, of course, affect society, but also shape our health.”
Ibáñez is part of an international team that used artificial intelligence and modeling to calculate the estimated biological ages of nearly 162,000 peo