Mothers’ experiences of racism showed up in their children’s bodies, with altered patterns of aging – though scientists cautioned they aren’t sure if their findings will translate…
FILE – A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. A recent study involving Colorado researchers found mothers’ experiences of racial discrimination affected children’s biological aging.Mothers’ experiences of racism showed up in their children’s bodies, with altered patterns of aging – though scientists cautioned they aren’t sure if their findings will translate into future health problems for the kids.
As people age, the way DNA expresses itself changes predictably, giving each person a biological age that might not be the same as the number of years they’ve lived. A sector of the anti-aging industry has keyed into this phenomenon with products that promise to reduce someone’s biological age, theoretically holding off both visible aging and diseases associated with late life, such as dementia and most cancers.
Intuitively, then, slower biological aging might seem like a good thing, but that isn’t necessarily the case, said Dr. Wei Perng, an associate professor of epidemiology at Colorado School of Public Health and one of the researchers. The study didn’t look at whether the children were smaller than expected or met their developmental milestones later, so it can’t rule out immediate effects, and not much other information exists on aging in children, she said.
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