Predicting longevity using metabolomics: a novel tool for precision lifestyle medicine?

Strategies to measure metabolomics data in large cohorts capture not only genetic information, but also lifestyle habits and clinical outcomes, which could contribute to the identification of genetic and lifestyle biomarkers. Such an approach might pave the way for the development of personalized lifestyle medicine. Metabolomics data can be used to identify biomarkers of all-cause mortality. In this Comment article, Despres suggests that these biomarkers can also predict risk of death associated with risk factors that can be reduced through changes in lifestyle habits.