One study I spoke of in our audio lecture was Cherkas et al (2008). They looked at telomere loss over time and concluded that individuals who led sedentary lives, smoked, and had high BMI's were "BIOLOGICALLY OLDER" by 4 years based on telemeric loss. Group of answer choices True False
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