[acb-diabetics] baby boomers may outlie their children

[Mike Freeman]

Hmmm ... wonder how this squares with other studies that show that longevity is increased and mortality decreased for persons who are mildly obese? Methinks researchers haven't figured out which is the cart and which the horse?

Mike

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  Baby Boomers Will Outlive Their Children



  It's a provocative prediction that, due to the obesity epidemic, Baby Boomers may outlive their children....



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  But a new study by the University of Michigan Health System on obesity trends shows Americans are getting heavier at a younger age and carrying the extra

  weight for longer periods over their lifetime.



  As a result, the study suggests the impact on chronic diseases and life expectancy may be worse than previously thought.  



  In the April 12 International Journal of Obesity, researchers report that 20 percent of those born between 1966-1985 were obese by ages 20-29. Among their

  parents, those born between 1946-1955, that level of obesity was not reached until ages 30-39, not until ages 40-49 for individuals born between 1936-1945,

  and obesity prevalence was even later -- during the 50's -- for those born between 1926-1935.  



  "Many people have heard that Americans are getting heavier," says lead author Joyce Lee, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatric endocrinologist at the U-M Mott Children's

  Hospital and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the U-M Medical School. "But it's very important to understand

  who the obesity epidemic is affecting."  



  "Our research indicates that higher numbers of young and middle-age American adults are becoming obese at younger and younger ages," she says. Evidence

  shows body mass index, a calculation of fat and weight, increases with age, and children who are obese are more likely to become obese adults." 



  The prediction, made in 2005, for a reduced life expectancy in the 21st century, was based on obesity prevalence from the period 1988-1994, the mid-point

  of the obesity epidemic, and included much older adults, born 1885-1976, a generation that had much lower obesity rates over their lifetime. 



  Obesity is a well-known contributor to Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, disability and premature death. 



  The federally funded U-M study shows obesity trends were worse for women and blacks, a bad sign for reversing racial disparities in health, U-M authors

  say. Among 20-29-year-olds, born 1976-1985, 20 percent of whites were obese compared to 35 percent of blacks in that age group.  



  "What is particularly worrisome is that obesity trends are worse for blacks compared to whites," Lee says. "Black Americans already experience a higher

  burden of obesity-related diseases and the obesity trends will likely magnify those racial disparities in health." 



  International Journal of Obesity, Issue, 34.4, April 12, 2010. Details on the research results and a slideshow of figures are available at 

  www.heavieryounger.com 



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