Slow walking at 45 'a sign of faster ageing'

Re:Slow walking at 45 'a sign of faster ageing' by Donald on Saturday October 12, 2019 @12:55AM (#21230774)

Full article is available at the Journal of the American Medical Association's website:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

An interesting take-away not mentioned in the BBC write-up is that the researchers found significant effects as early as three years old, suggesting causal factors found in early childhood or a genetic origin. Perhaps sedentary behavior early in life has long-lasting effects for the CNS?

> Lifelong compromised brain health—including poor neurocognitive functioning as early as age 3 years and childhood-to-adulthood decline in cognitive functioning—was associated with slower gait at midlife.

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Re:Slow walking at 45 'a sign of faster ageing' by TruckingThrow on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:51AM (#21233584)

This is possible but I'd really like to see twin studies to confirm it, with differences in activity levels between the twins as the variable.

I would suspect there is a genetic mechanism at play too, but at this point I'm spitballing.

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