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AFAR Leadership in the News: Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, on fitness, strength and sex differences in aging and healthspan in TIME and Daily Beast

AFAR Leadership in the News: Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, on fitness, strength and sex differences in aging and healthspan in TIME and Daily Beast

On June 18, 2025, TIME published an article featuring AFAR Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, on fitness, strength and sex differences in aging and healthspan.

Dr. Austad provided insight into how biological differences between the sexes could result in a disparity in healthspan and longevity.

For more insights on chromosomal sex differences in aging, watch AFAR’s Live Better Longer webinar with Prevention featuring three-time AFAR Grantee Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, and Dr. Austad here.

Also picked up by The Daily Beast, read the article “Becoming a Bodybuilder at 50 Showed Me That Women Were Never Meant to be Thin“ here.

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