It seems this story is based on an unpublished paper abstract presented at European Congress on Obesity 2026 titled “Higher Dietary Polyphenol Intake Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Short Telomeres: Evidence from the SUN Cohort Study”.

You can see it in the conference program.

https://eco2026.org/assets/docs/programme-book.pdf

And here is another reference.

https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-a-european-congress-on-obesity-unpublished-conference-abstract-on-association-between-higher-dietary-polyphenol-intake-and-lower-risk-of-short-telomeres/

As far as I can tell it’s not yet published. Why on earth would this be reported if it hasn’t made it through the publishing process? Lol

Here is a reaction to the findings that were presented at the conference mentioned in the op article.