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UF researchers say lifestyle choices affect brain age

By Victoria Perez

December 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM EST

Your brain may be aging faster than your body.

University of Florida researchers recently published a study on how lifestyle factors could affect our “brain-age.”

WUFT’s Victoria Perez talked to the researchers — Jared Tanner and Kimberly Sibille — and began by asking about the factors that affect brain age.

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