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AFAR Leadership in the News: AFAR Board Member Sara Espinoza, MD, featured in Time on evidence-based, healthspan-extending habits, like walking.

AFAR Leadership in the News: AFAR Board Member Sara Espinoza, MD, featured in Time on evidence-based, healthspan-extending habits, like walking.

On September 30th, 2026, Time featured insights from AFAR Board Member Sara Espinoza, MD, on the benefits of healthspan-extending habits, such as walking. She shared insights on new findings that suggest that walking at a faster pace may help reverse frailty.

Dr. Espinoza is an AFAR Board Member, as well as the Co-Chair of the Leadership Core of the Clin-STAR (Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research) initiative, which AFAR helps lead. She also serves as the medical director of the Cedars-Sinai Healthspan Clinic and the director of the Center for Translational Geroscience at Cedars-Sinai.

For more expert-backed insights on exercise and healthy aging see our Live Better Longer Webinar “The Power of Walking”, both part of our Live Better Longer Webinar Series with Prevention.

Also picked up by MSN, read “Walking faster may help reverse frailty” here.

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