{"id":241172,"date":"2026-07-19T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/international-group-of-researchers-says-were-thinking-about-longevity-at-the-wrong-stage-of-life"},"modified":"2026-07-19T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:03:09","slug":"international-group-of-researchers-says-were-thinking-about-longevity-at-the-wrong-stage-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/international-group-of-researchers-says-were-thinking-about-longevity-at-the-wrong-stage-of-life","title":{"rendered":"International Group of Researchers Says We\u2019re Thinking About Longevity at The Wrong Stage of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/international-group-of-researchers-says-were-thinking-about-longevity-at-the-wrong-stage-of-life2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The science of longevity is an important topic for many researchers: how we might <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/one-critical-factor-predicts-longevity-better-than-diet-or-exercise-study-finds\">add years to our lifespans<\/a>, and avoid disease and age-related decline at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>There are a multitude of angles to approach the topic from too, whether it\u2019s the genetics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/your-genes-may-influence-longevity-more-than-ever-before-heres-why\">we\u2019re born with<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/study-shows-meat-eaters-are-more-likely-to-live-to-100-but-theres-a-catch\">the food we eat<\/a> along life\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<p>Now, an international team of researchers is proposing that longevity interventions and research should start at the earliest ages possible \u2013 even before birth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The science of longevity is an important topic for many researchers: how we might add years to our lifespans, and avoid disease and age-related decline at the same time. There are a multitude of angles to approach the topic from too, whether it\u2019s the genetics we\u2019re born with or the food we eat along life\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}