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Baby Boomer Health Dynamics: How Are We Aging?
Andrew V. Wister
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Description for Baby Boomer Health Dynamics: How Are We Aging?
Hardcover. Recent public declarations by a number of health organizations and institutes that we are experiencing an obesity crisis, and moreover, that obesity is the 'new tobacco' makes Baby Boomer Health Dynamics both timely and topical. Num Pages: 300 pages, 65 figures, 57 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Are the baby boomers in Canada more or less healthy than previous generations? What are the implications of this for the national health care system? Baby Boomer Health Dynamic responds to the growing interest in the generation that makes up over one-third of the Canadian population – the largest segment of society – with the leading edge reaching their sixty-fifth birthday in 2011 and eighty-five by 2031.
Focusing on four health behaviours that have been proven to be major risk factors for disease: smoking, unhealthy exercise, obesity, and heavy drinking – Andrew V. Wister researches the long-term implications of several key lifestyle-health conundrums, ... Read more
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Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
Heritage
Condition
New
Weight
536g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802089571
SKU
V9780802089571
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About Andrew V. Wister
Andrew V. Wister is the chair of the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University.
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