Baby boomers hobbling toward old age
Posted June 26, 2007
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According to DeseretNews, a wave of baby boomers may be hobbling toward retirement in worse health and with more aches and pains than people born before them, according to federally funded research. They have more trouble climbing stairs, easing themselves out of a living-room Barcalounger and crouching to hug a grandchild, according to a survey of about 5,000 people born from 1948 to 1953 and released by the National Bureau of Economic Research earlier this year. They smoke less, may be more aware of what’s good and not so good for their bodies and have access to an ever-growing array of treatments and medication. But they said they hurt more, drink more, suffer more depression and experience more chronic health conditions than people born just before and during World War II. |
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