We Live Longer, But Our Health Stinks

Congratulations! We’ll probably live longer than our parents. But don’t rejoice too much. Thanks to our bad food choices and couch potato lifestyle, those extra years won’t be healthy ones.
Research in the Netherlands shows that while today’s adults have a greater life expectancy, they are less metabolically healthy than their counterparts from previous generations.
Analyzing health trends, the investigators conclude: “…the more recently born generations are doing worse…  The prevalence of metabolic risk factors and the lifelong exposure to them have increased and probably will continue to increase.”
The main health concerns that will put a damper on enjoying our golden years:

• Many more adults are overweight or obese.
• The rate of hypertension is hyper-high.
• Diabetes is rampant.

The study shows that the prevalence of overweight, obesity and hypertension increase with age in all generations; but in general, the more recently born generations have a higher prevalence of these risk factors than generations born 10 years earlier.