Compared with white and Japanese Americans, Native Hawaiians experience higher accelerated biological aging, researchers have found. The study, by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, also found that living in adverse environments such as neighborhoods with low socioeconomic status is associated with faster aging, regardless of ethnic background. Study finds that Native Hawaiians have higher rates of accelerated biological agingLead author Alika Maunakea and his team analyzed DNA samples from nearly 400 individuals. The researchers found that Native Hawaiians – the Indigenous Polynesian people o…