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BY: LOGAN TITTLE

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Old is the new young!
At least that’s what Baby Boomers are saying.

According to a poll by the Associated Press, the popular generation seems to have little worry about the aging process.

But should they? Here’s Time Warner Cable’s Your News Now.

“Ten thousand baby boomers turn 65 every day, and while they might be healthy now, sheer numbers could make things more difficult in the future. That means more of a strain on a health care system that's already stretched thin. With the baby boomers, we're facing more than the existing problems. We're facing a doubling and tripling of the issues we already have.”

Some of those issues go deeper than wrinkles and grey hair. About.com mentions a study which found these babies have a boom in arthritis and obesity rates compared to their parents.
Author of the study, Suzanne Leveille explains:

“Baby-boomers are just approaching the age when arthritis rates begin to rise dramatically. Many baby-boomers have lived with obesity for much of their lives. We can expect to see the health and functional consequences of this epidemic in the coming decades.”

Some issues are bound to arise a little later in life. Medical News Today reports on a study which notes, the long-gone days of sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll could come back to haunt boomers in a less entertaining way.

“… the drug portion of the old triad could pose a major public health challenge in the next decade… Although substance abuse at any age increases the risk of medical and emotional problems, it’s especially dangerous for people 50 and over because the effects of abuse are amplified by the normal physical decline of aging.”

So what’s causing the generation to be so upbeat? Lynn Brown, a 64-year-old grandmother from Arizona, told the New Zealand Herald she’s doing a better job than her parents.

“My own parents, by the time they were 65 to 70, were very, very inactive and very much old in their minds … I have no intentions of sitting around the house… I’m enjoying being a senior citizen more than my parents did.”

Nonstop News LA tells us these babies don’t plan to just live longer, but also work longer.

“The baby boomer generation will live far longer past traditional retirement age of 65 and they’re not going to just sit at home… Many in this demographic have been effected by the current down turn, many have lost jobs or they’ve seen retirement savings deteriorate so we know they’ll need to work for income beyond the traditional age."