{"id":47485,"date":"2026-04-26T07:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47485"},"modified":"2026-04-26T07:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:57:47","slug":"are-you-ageing-well-5-simple-tests-to-get-a-picture-of-your-biological-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47485","title":{"rendered":"Are you ageing well? 5 simple tests to get a picture of your biological age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/23\/c7886038-8ff8-4797-8f14-f4962d6cbc77_3fc9638d.jpg?itok=oMedGLr2&amp;v=1776929900\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">If you had been a fly on my study wall this morning, you might have been startled to see me rise from a seated position on the floor several times, and then time myself as I stood on one leg, first with my eyes open and then with them closed.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">We can do simple tests like these at home to assess how well we are ageing, allowing us to compare our chronological age (the number of years we have lived) with our biological age (how well our cells and systems are ageing).<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Here are five to try.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">1. Standing on one leg: the \u2018flamingo\u2019 test<\/h3>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">One-legged standing is complex, integrating the visual, vestibular (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">inner ear balance<\/span>) and somatosensory (muscle and joint feedback) systems.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Dr Kenton Kaufman of the Mayo Clinic in the US state of Minnesota, who authored a study on gait, strength and balance, calls the position \u201ca remarkable feat of integration between these systems\u201d. The ability to maintain this posture declines more sharply with age than almost any other physical measure.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">\u201cThis makes it a particularly sensitive indicator of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">ageing<\/span>,\u201d Kaufman notes. \u201cWhile leg muscle strength is a factor, the test is even more valuable because it reflects how well all three systems work together.\u201d<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the UK\u2019s National Health Service, the time you ought to be able to remain standing on one leg varies by age. If you can stand with all of your weight on one leg for 30 seconds, you are performing well for a middle-aged adult. On average, it is 37 seconds if you are 50 to 59, 30 seconds if you are 60 to 69, between 18 and 19 seconds if you are aged 70 to 79, and a little over five seconds if you are over 80.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3351122\/are-you-ageing-well-5-simple-tests-get-picture-your-biological-age?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you had been a fly on my study wall this morning, you might have been startled to see me rise from a seated position&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1464,7021,1602,1122,2634,181],"class_list":["post-47485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-age","tag-ageing","tag-biological","tag-picture","tag-simple","tag-tests","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}