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Study Suggests Culture Vultures Age Better
Weekly arts participation was linked to 4% slower aging, and the effect was similar to exercise, researchers said.
- Researchers from University College London found that engaging in arts activities may slow biological aging, with a study of 3,556 adults showing regular participation correlates with a slower pace of aging.
- Analyzing data from the Household Longitudinal Study, the team compared arts engagement with chemical changes to DNA using epigenetic clocks like DunedinPACE to measure biological age markers.
- Weekly arts engagement linked to 4% slower aging, matching exercise benefits, as Professor Daisy Fancourt noted this difference is "comparable to that found in previous studies between current smokers and ex-smokers."
- Senior author Dr Feifei Bu stated the study provides the first evidence that arts engagement is linked to slower biological aging, with arts activities shown to reduce stress and lower inflammation like exercise.
- These findings support recognizing arts engagement as a health-promoting behavior, though older epigenetic clocks showed no similar benefits, suggesting the newer tools may better predict age-related decline in middle-aged and older adults.
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Regular arts engagement may help slow biological aging process
Regularly taking part in arts activities such as reading, listening to music or visiting a gallery or museum may slow the pace of biological aging, suggests a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers.
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