Baby Boomers...great term for my generation. A name (boomer), by the way, also used to describe the biggest of nuclear submarines patrolling the depths of the world's oceans. And lately, extremely apropos to a lot of my fellow BBers.

Latest stats confirm that as many as half of us 'boomers' age 55-64 suffer from high blood pressure and a whopping 40 % slither into the obese range.

And how did this happen you may ask... and are these stats reflective of other generations before ours? Well, the answer to the second part is easy...no. No because our parents weren't besieged by the instant accessability of virtually anything you want to eat at any time you want to eat it. I remember growing up at a time when a trip to the restaurant once every couple of weeks was a huge deal, not something you could do 2 or 3 times a day without ever leaving your car.

We've had 40 years to perfect the art of scrounging the junk food depths in search of our next cheeseburger target. Fries might have been an option at one time...today it's fries, curly-Q or waffle cut, extra crispy or doused in cheese or chili or both or all.

We denizens of the gobbing deep are truely the first generation to practice the theory of "Live To Eat" not "Eat To Live" and the sad stats are there to bear this out.

But wait! ...There's an upside...Eventhough you might be carrying around an extra person in your shirt & shorts, you're living longer. That's right, more stats confirm that life expectancy in the U.S. has hit an all time high of 77.6 years. Now the 'Homer Simpsons' among us see this as an extra opportunity to patrol the snack aisle or buffet line while others will gin up that new diet after January 1st. For me?...Lower periscope!...Dive!...Dive!...

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