Impact of Chronic Stress Exposure and Illness Perception on Bio-Functional Age in Overweight and Obese People on the Alteration of The Bio- Functional Age, Bio-Functional Status, And Illness Percep-tion: A Follow-Up Study

Linda Maria Roggo; Tiziana Felicitas Aimée Marti; Norman Bitterlich; Michael von Wolff; Dagmar Poethig; Petra Stute*

    Self-perceived chronic stress exposure and individual illness perception have been identified as risk factors for accelerated aging. Overweight/obesity has been associated with these influencing factors, as well as an unhealthy lifestyle, which may contribute to unhealthy aging despite increasing life expectancy.