Overview

• International researchers used AI to analyze health and political data from 160,000 individuals across 40 countries and developed a bioconductual age gap metric.
• The study found that poverty, gender inequality and weak democratic institutions accelerate behavioral aging by an average of five to six years.
• Data revealed regional disparities, with northern Europe reporting the slowest brain aging and nations such as Egypt and South Africa experiencing the fastest cognitive decline.
• Findings intensify calls for government action as many nations face shrinking birth rates and rising life expectancy that heighten aging population challenges.
• Clinicians emphasize exercise, balanced nutrition, stress management and targeted supplements as key lifestyle strategies to delay cellular and cognitive aging.