Your ‘health age’ is fake

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="My villain origin story is my Whoop age. How do you age at 0.9 times your age and end up four to five years older than you are? | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/257818_Whoop_5_AKrales_0175.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> My villain origin story is my Whoop age. How do you age at 0.9 times your age and end up four to five years older than you are? | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>This is </em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/optimizer-newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Optimizer</a><em>, a weekly newsletter sent from </em>Verge<em> senior reviewer</em> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Victoria Song</em></a><em> that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for </em>Optimizer <em><a href="https://www.theverge.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</em></p> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">During last week's Apple Watch announcement, I let out a distinct "Noooo!" in the Steve Jobs Theater. Along with a new readiness metric and a redesigned Health app, Apple had just announced that later this year, it'd be introducing a new longevity feature called Health Age. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is a familiar concept in the wearable and health tech world. The idea is that if you put effort into your health and fitness, your physiological age c …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/column/995939/optimizer-health-age-wearables-longevity">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>