We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how the size of a person’s temporalis (chewing) muscle could reveal their dementia risk.
And your glutes’ strength and size may even show how you’re ageing.
As it turns out, another muscle measure – our calf size – has been associated with a longer lifespan, too.
This seemed especially true in older adults.
What can your calf size say about your longevity?
In 2021, researchers published a paper after following 796 older adults over nine years.
By the end of the study, 197 of the participants had died. Those with a low BMI (less than 18.5) were at a significantly higher risk of mortality.
And of those studied, older adults with calf circumferences under 31cm seemed to have ro...
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