Belly Fat May Speed Biological Aging and Raise Heart Risk

A large Chinese cohort study links abdominal fat distribution to faster biological aging, cardiovascular risk, mortality, and frailty.

A new study suggests that abdominal fat may do more than change body shape or raise BMI. In adults without cardiovascular disease at baseline, a higher waist-to-hip ratio was linked to faster biological aging across several biological clocks. The strongest signal came from metabolic aging, suggesting that belly fat may accelerate aging partly through me…