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SPORTS MEDICINE :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY :
ELDERLY:
Baby Boomers Are Fatter Than Ever: Who Will Take Care of Them?
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Baby Boomers Are Fatter Than Ever: Who Will Take Care of Them?
By Denali Tietjen
Boston.com
July 2, 2014 5:56 PM
http://www.boston.com/health/2014/07/02/baby-boomers-are-fatter-
than-ever-who-will-take-care-them/CLWwKFUFguJ8KkEylz1eUN/story.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/n2t8xhr
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Heres an alarming statistic: Over 72 percent of older men and 67 percent
of older women are now overweight or obese, which significantly increases
their risk for developing chronic disease, according to a new report from
the U.S. Census Bureau. Whats even more alarming in the report released
this week is that the majority of the quickly aging boomer generation cant
afford long-term health care and have few people to take care of them.
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The economic, social and health trends of the population aged 65 and older
were highlighted in the report, which found that the proportion of obese
and overweight people is increasing among the older population. This is
particularly concerning since extra weight puts them at risk for chronic
health problems such as type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which
the report says are the first and sixth most common causes of death among
the elderly.
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The front-end of the Baby Boomers, those people born between 1946 and
1964, started turning 65 (the Census Bureaus definition of old) in 2011.
As they continue to age, the older population is expected to more than
double from 40.1 million in 2010 to 83.7 million in 2050, putting a huge
burden on families and the health care industry.
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So, whos going to take care of our sick, aging boomers?
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Not their spouses. With a divorce rate of over 50 percent, boomers have
the highest divorce rate of any generation. Theyre also more likely to
live alone than previous generations, according to the report.
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Not nursing homes. The average cost of a nursing home was $83, 585 a year
in 2010. At that price, two-thirds of older people cant afford to live in
a nursing home for even a year, and only one-fifth can afford it for more
than three years.
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Medicare? Probably not.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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