Study Finds That Speaking An Additional Language Can Keep You Healthier Physically

Nature recently published a big new study, Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 27 European countries.

It found that being multilingual predicted a thirty percent lower risk of accelerated biological aging.

What is “accelerated biological ageing,” you might ask.

Well, I asked Google Gemini, and here is what it answered:

In simple terms, the study defines the difference as follows:

Chronological aging is your actual age in years since you were born (e.g., 60 years old).

Biological aging is a measure of how healthy your body and its functions (like your memory, physical ability, and heart health) are, regardless of your actual age.

Accelerated biological aging occurs when a person’s body is functioning at a level typical of someone older than their chronological age. For example, a 60-year-old person who has the health profile of a 70-year-old would show accelerated aging.

Here’s a good summary of the study.

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