{"id":10716,"date":"2016-04-09T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viamedic.com\/blog\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2013-04-09T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:14:47","slug":"baby-boomers-live-longer-not-healthier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/baby-boomers-live-longer-not-healthier\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boomers Live Longer, Not Healthier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Exercise
Exercise and greater movement can make a large difference in health at any age, and it’s never too late to start. Even walking, gardening, or dancing can make an immediate difference in mental and physical health.<\/figcaption><\/figure> Over 78 million people in this country were born between 1946 and 1964 — and that makes over 25% of the country\u2019s population.<\/p>\n

Known as the post-war \u201cbaby boom\u201d generation, this generation has enjoyed the benefits of most of the modern technological and medical breakthroughs of this century. Never-before-performed surgeries, supposed \u201cmiracle pills\u201d and other innovative medical treatments have kept the baby boomers alive for longer than any generation before them.<\/p>\n

But in seeming contradiction to their long lifespans, the baby boomers can\u2019t confidently claim to be the healthiest generation yet. In fact, they may be one of the least healthy of the recent generations, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Striking Numbers on Baby Boomers\u2019 Health<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most surprising and least hopeful numbers revealed by the study is that about 36 percent of baby boomers are clinically obese, which can be an indication of high risk for many other conditions that drain our medical system of financial resources such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n

Compared to the preceding and following generations, which both have obesity rates of about 25 percent (alarming in itself), the baby boomers are falling much farther behind than they should be.<\/p>\n

Other alarming numbers include the fact that only 13 percent of baby boomers self-reported<\/a> their health to be \u201cexcellent,\u201d whereas 32 percent of the previous generation did. Baby boomers also have higher rates of high cholesterol, diabetes, and hypertension than any previous recorded generation.<\/p>\n

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One thing, at least, is in the baby boomers’ favor. They’re not smoking as many cigarettes as adults were in the generation before them.<\/figcaption><\/figure> The consequences of such flagging health, and the resultant billions of dollars that our country spends on healthcare, are certainly alarming. Americans, it seems, are largely struggling to create a healthy life as they rely on medical quick fixes to keep themselves alive longer.<\/p>\n

Any Good News?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It does appear that baby boomers are healthier than previous generations in a couple respects: they\u2019re less likely to smoke cigarettes than previous generations, and they experience lower rates of emphysema and myocardial infarction as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over 78 million people in this country were born between 1946 and 1964 — and that makes over 25% of the country\u2019s population. Known as the post-war \u201cbaby boom\u201d generation, this generation has enjoyed the benefits of most of the modern technological and medical breakthroughs of this century. Never-before-performed surgeries, supposed \u201cmiracle pills\u201d and other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t