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  • ...convienent.
  • How can they separate this from the effects of losing weight?
    by pfj1
  • Half of the article discusses the whole concept of "biological age", and that discussion describes how that term may not be as refined and specific a scientific idea as a layperson might assume. That part of the article might be served by the title, "Weight loss drugs may help scientists to assess potential surrogates for biological age."
  • It's well known that eating less "caloric restriction" slows down your metabolim and thus extends lifespan in mice. This would be my default hypothesis.

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