"But more interesting, accelerated telomere erosion is associated with chronic stress -- and even newborns who have been subjected to prenatal stress may have shortened telomeres [doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.03.010].Chronic stressors include behaviours that threaten health, particularly smoking and obesity, and social stress, such as childhood trauma, and chronic medical conditions, particularly de" . . . . .