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Baby boomers living longer but are in worse health than previous generations
Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other diseases all affecting people at younger ages, say experts
Baby boomers are living longer but are in worse health than previous generations were at the same age, despite advances in medicine and greater awareness of healthy lifestyles, a global study shows.
Researchers found people in their 50s and 60s were more likely to have serious health problems than people who were born before or during the second world war when they reached that age.
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