ScholarPeer’s latest research news and reporting from University of Jyväskylä. University of Jyväskylä is a research-intensive university in Finland with strengths in natural sciences, information technology, health sciences, education, psychology, and sport and exercise research. Its researchers investigate areas including evolutionary biology, nanoscience, artificial intelligence, learning, physical activity, aging, and brain and behavioral science, combining interdisciplinary research with efforts to advance health, technology, education, and understanding of human and natural systems.
A 40-year Finnish study links a higher BMI in adolescence with a faster DNA-based pace of aging decades later. Genetics sharpen the signal, but the study also reveals why that does not make teenage weight a simple, standalone cause.