EzineArticles.com: The Center for Disease Control has recently issued a report that points out that nearly half of all Americans between 55-64 have high blood pressure and are overweight.

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Boomers Health Problems Are Growing Faster Than Expected

EzineArticles.com: It is well documented that the incidence of human obesity has been increasing steadily with each generation since about the time of the industrial revolution. As societies became more specialized, with constant advances in the fields of science, technology and agriculture, we became increasingly fatter. In addition, we now have alarming rates of child obesity essentially in all Western cultures thanks to television, computers, internet, video games, cell phones, etc.

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