chronological age
noun
: the age of a person as measured from birth to a given date
His chronological age is five, but his mental age is three—he thinks and behaves like a three-year-old.
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Faster biological aging—being older than your chronological age—increases the risk of problems like prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and hormonal imbalances.
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
And, unlike chronological age, it can be sped up, slowed down, and even reversed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Graeff’s journey began with a startling revelation: despite her active lifestyle, her biological age was accelerating faster than her chronological age.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
In this scenario, the discrepancy between chronological age and biological age was 0.25 years smaller for HRT users than for women who never received this therapy.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2024
As for an age limit, a cognitive test would serve as a better barometer of ability to serve than chronological age.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
However, this new study—published in Diabetes Care on August 28—used machine learning to quantify how the age of a person’s brain compared to their chronological age.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
In general, the women in the study were biologically older than their chronological age.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2024
There was also a decrease in each person's biological age compared to their chronological age, which equated to 0.0312 units.
—New Atlas, 28 July 2024
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Angela Haupt, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024
And, unlike chronological age, it can be sped up, slowed down, and even reversed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Graeff’s journey began with a startling revelation: despite her active lifestyle, her biological age was accelerating faster than her chronological age.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
In this scenario, the discrepancy between chronological age and biological age was 0.25 years smaller for HRT users than for women who never received this therapy.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2024
As for an age limit, a cognitive test would serve as a better barometer of ability to serve than chronological age.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
However, this new study—published in Diabetes Care on August 28—used machine learning to quantify how the age of a person’s brain compared to their chronological age.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
In general, the women in the study were biologically older than their chronological age.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2024
There was also a decrease in each person's biological age compared to their chronological age, which equated to 0.0312 units.
—New Atlas, 28 July 2024
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chronological age
noun
chro·no·log·i·cal age
ˌkrän-ᵊl-ˌäj-i-kəl-, ˌkrōn- 
: the age of a person as measured from birth to a given date compare achievement age
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