Heavy drinking and smoking linked to visible signs of aging

Heavy drinking and smoking linked to visible signs of aging

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Heavy drinking and smoking are linked to visible signs of physical ageing, and looking older than one’s years, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

Light to moderate drinking was not associated with biological ageing, the findings showed.

But nor was it linked to the slowing of the visible ageing process as there was no difference in the prevalence of the signs of ageing between light to moderate drinkers and non-drinkers, the researchers point out.

They base their findings on information from more than 11,500 adults, whose heart health and visible ageing …

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(2017-12-02), Heavy drinking and smoking linked to visible signs of aging, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 1179, ISSN: 1532-4664, BUTTER® ID: 014744745