Biological Age Quiz
Before you can figure out how to slow down your aging clock, you need to find out where it's currently set by determining your biological age versus your chronological age. The biological age is every individual's unique biological rate of aging. For a quick, simple glimpse into your biological versus chronological age, just take the simple quiz below. Answer each question by clicking on the circle next to each possible answer. Then click on Get Results at the bottom of the page when you're finished.
Your Current Age:
Do you smoke, are you around passive smoke or do you use any tobacco product?
yes no
Do you have high blood pressure (over 140/90 mm Hg)? Please note that the level of blood pressure increases risk the higher it is, so this number is an average.
yes no
Do you have the following related to your serum lipid levels? Please note that higher levels of cholesterol and lower levels of HDL increase risk, so these numbers are averages.
a. High cholesterol (total cholesterol over 230 mg %)?
yes no
b. An HDL cholesterol less than 40 mg % if you are a male or less than 50 mg% if you are a female?
yes no
Have you ever had a heart attack?
yes no
Have you ever had a stroke?
yes no
Do you have diabetes mellitus?
yes no
Do you have known kidney disease, kidney insufficiency or failure?
yes no
Do you eat at least 8 servings of fresh fruit and vegetables per day?
yes no
Do you consume any alcohol such as beer, wine or spirits in moderate amounts of about 1-2 drinks per day (standard drink is 12 ounces of beer, 6 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof spirits)?
yes no
Do you consume more than 2 drinks of alcohol per day as above?
yes no
Do you eat any of these cold water fish at least 3 times per week: salmon, tuna, cod, mackerel, rainbow trout, herring, sardines, anchovies or bass?
yes no
Do you eat fast food, fried food, French fries, sweets or refined carbohydrates, white bread, white potatoes, saturated or trans fats, red meat, hot dogs or processed meats such as bologna more than 3 times per week?
yes no
Are there air pollution warnings where you live?
yes no
Do you drink more than 16 ounces of caffeine per day in the form of coffee or soft drinks?
yes no
Do you drink more than 3 soft drinks per week (more than 24 ounces)?
yes no
Do you drink at least 6 ounces of green tea per day?
yes no
Do you take an aspirin every day?
yes no
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Are you overweight or obese? (Overweight is a BMI of 25-30, and obese is over 30. To figure out your BMI, just use the handy calculator to the right by entering the requested information.) Please note that the higher the weight over a BMI of 25 the greater the risk, so this number is an average.
yes no
Are you chronically under stress and cannot adapt well to this?
yes no
Did both of your parents live to age 75 or longer?
yes no
Did at least two of any of the following relatives in your family live to at least age 90 or longer in excellent health: parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles?
yes no
Do you incorporate religion, spirituality, relaxation or meditation into your daily life?
yes no
Do you exercise aerobically and with resistance training at least 30 minutes per day?
yes no
Do you have a family history of a heart attack or stroke in either of your parents before they were 60 years of age?
yes no
How many hours of sleep do you get each night?
At least 8 hours
Between 4 and 8 hours
Less than 4 hours
