{"id":912280,"date":"2026-06-12T17:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/tests-that-measure-biological-age-arent-helpful-for-tracking-your-health-scientists-say\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:12:07","slug":"tests-that-measure-biological-age-arent-helpful-for-tracking-your-health-scientists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/tests-that-measure-biological-age-arent-helpful-for-tracking-your-health-scientists-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Tests that measure &#8216;biological age&#8217; aren&#8217;t helpful for tracking your health, scientists say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-305084fd-d51c-4df1-a4b8-8f345416128e\">Imagine receiving a test result that tells you your body is biologically five years older than your <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/aging-is-complicated-a-biologist-explains-why-no-two-people-or-cells-age-the-same-way-and-what-this-means-for-anti-aging-interventions-202096\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/aging-is-complicated-a-biologist-explains-why-no-two-people-or-cells-age-the-same-way-and-what-this-means-for-anti-aging-interventions-202096\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><u>chronological age<\/u><\/a>. You exercise regularly, get good sleep, eat healthy meals and have a happy personal life. What have you been doing wrong? Can this test be trusted?<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of companies are marketing products that promise to reveal a person\u2019s &#8220;true&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/are-you-a-rapid-ager-biological-age-is-a-better-health-indicator-than-the-number-of-years-youve-lived-but-its-tricky-to-measure-198849\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/are-you-a-rapid-ager-biological-age-is-a-better-health-indicator-than-the-number-of-years-youve-lived-but-its-tricky-to-measure-198849\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><u>biological age<\/u><\/a> \u2014 that is, how well your body is functioning \u2014 for a price ranging from around US$30 to over $1,000. These products are based on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41576-018-0004-3\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41576-018-0004-3\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><u>epigenetic aging clocks<\/u><\/a>, which are research tools that estimate age based on a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/ageing\/aging-clocks-tell-you-how-much-older-you-are-than-your-chronological-age-how-do-they-work\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/ageing\/aging-clocks-tell-you-how-much-older-you-are-than-your-chronological-age-how-do-they-work\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/ageing\/aging-clocks-tell-you-how-much-older-you-are-than-your-chronological-age-how-do-they-work\"><u>person&#8217;s DNA<\/u><\/a>. These clocks are reshaping how scientists study aging and how the public thinks about it.<\/p>\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-MgPAxc4y2h7P9xZnDBGMjV\">\n<section>\n<p>Get the world\u2019s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p> Yuri Latson <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/aging\/tests-that-measure-biological-age-arent-helpful-for-tracking-your-health-scientists-say\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine receiving a test result that tells you your body is biologically five years older than your chronological age . You exercise regularly, get good sleep, eat healthy meals and have a happy personal life. What have you been doing wrong? Can this test be trusted? Dozens of companies are marketing products that promise to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":912281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23044,4665],"tags":[12247,6407],"class_list":["post-912280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-measure","category-tests","tag-measure","tag-tests"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}