research-l Mailing List: Re: Research on longevity and cohousing?

[Kolb,H. Robert (kolbhr]

Not to get all anthropomorphic,  but this interesting report from the National Institute on Aging (attached) find aging rates decrease with species exhibiting slow-paced lives and which have protective physical traits. It might make one wonder if a CoHo  “Pace of LifeForm” and implicit protective resilience in intentionally “Built Environments” might be factors to consider in any Research hypothesis on longevity and cohousing? This would entail a long term, distributed, multi-generational, prospective study on the order of a  Framingham Heart Study (FHS).

 

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Angela, I thought there may be some questions in earlier research that might have some bearing on this question, or at least some national research on value of community vs. loneliness/isolation re: longevity.   David

On Jun 23, 2022, at 8:43 PM, CJ Q <homeschoolvideo [at] gmail.com> wrote:

 

I would love a study like that. We can do simple surveys every year to check in with cohousing at least as far how they are doing. How many houses built? How many members moved in? How many moved out? Could start getting simple data.

Anyone else interested in that?

Carol

 

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 1:58 PM Roger Studley <roger [at] urbanmoshav.org> wrote:

Hi, CRN folks --

 

I received the video and question below from a member of Berkeley Moshav (my community, currently in development). Has there been any research along these lines? Could/should there be?

Thanks,

~Roger

 

Roger Studley
510-604-2607
roger [at] urbanmoshav.org

 

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From: Jacki Silber <jackisilber [at] icloud.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 12:39 AM
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To: Roger Studley <roger [at] urbanmoshav.org>

Hi Roger,
I think this is very interesting and may relate to cohousing. I wonder if anyone has done a study of cohousing and longevity.
Jacki
https://fb.watch/dPQvL6JJou/


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WHAT CAN TURTLES AND OTHER TETRAPODS TELL US ABOUT LONGEVITY?

NIH-funded research reveals aging rates vary and evolutionary tricks such as armor and venom have influence 

 

WHAT:

Looking at data from more than 100 different animals, researchers have revealed some insights into aging that may help better understand longevity in humans. The study showed that cold-blooded, four-legged animals — also known as ectothermic tetrapods — can age very quickly, or extremely slowly.

 

Ectotherms are animals that rely on heat from their environment to regulate their body temperature, and tetrapods are vertebrate animals with four limbs. The category of ectothermic tetrapods includes non-avian reptiles, such as turtles; and amphibians, such as salamanders.

 

The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health and published in Science, also revealed that aging rates decrease in species with slow-paced lives. In addition, the data suggest that animals with protective traits, such as armor, venom, shells, and spines, exhibit slower aging rates. When comparing ectoderms with endotherms (the category of warm-blooded organisms that includes mammals and most birds), the research team found that ectotherms have a higher diversity of aging rates. This evolutionary study on aging may help researchers better understand aging in humans.

 

Researchers contributed data from 107 animals from around the world, representing 77 species of reptiles and amphibians in the wild. The scientists examined four different factors to determine whether they contributed to aging: thermoregulation, or the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain body temperature; environmental temperature; protective traits; and pace of life. They found that turtles, crocodiles, and salamanders have significantly low aging rates and are long-lived for their size. Species with protective traits lived longer than those with no protection. Estimates of ectotherm longevity ranged from 1 year to 137 years.

 

WHO:

--Ronald Kohanski, Ph.D., Director, NIA Division of Aging Biology

--Manuel Moro, D.V.M., Ph.D., NIA Health Scientist Administrator

 

This research was supported by NIH grant R01AG049416.

 

Reference:

Reinke BA, et al. Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity. Science. 2022; doi:10.1126/science.abm0151.

 

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