“How’s your health? Study says boomer health worse than previous generation at same age” Boomer Consumer:
Poorer health, more pain, and more trouble doing everyday physical tasks was reported by Americans in their early to mid-50s than what was reported by their older peers at the same age in years past, a recent study shows.
The overall, self-reported health of people in three age groups was studied by researchers from the Health and Retirement Study: those born in (1) 1936-41, (2) 1942-47, and (3) 1948-53. More pain, chronic health conditions, and drinking and psychiatric problems were reported by the youngest group than people who were the same age 12 years earlier.
Comment: On the other hand, I’m doing better than my dad was at my age. He drank more than I ever have, and he smoked three packs a day for much of his adult life. I avoided the smoking habit altogether (yes, including the alternatives to tobacco). But like Dad, I am prone to eating more and exercising less than I ought to. He checked out at 72. I’m 55 now, and soon to tick over another year.
Somehow I’m not feeling my normal wry, bouyant self.
Also see: Senior Journal story.
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