According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), only 13 percent of both male and female baby boomers (aged 46 years to 64 years) considered themselves to be in “excellent health.”
Four in ten are obese while less than that (35 percent) report exercising regularly. And an overwhelming 75 percent have high blood pressure—more than double the generation before them.
Is this the new normal for aging? As an integrative physician, I say no.
