Australia's Baby Boomer Generation, Obesity and Work - Patterns, Causes and Implications

在澳大利亚的老龄化危机中，婴儿潮一代扮演着关键角色。他们不仅会使老年人口的规模及其与劳动力年龄组的比例翻一番，而且他们留在劳动力队伍中的程度及其健康状况对未来的国家生产力和繁荣也至关重要。婴儿潮一代的肥胖程度是澳大利亚所有年龄组中最高的，这有可能严重降低他们的劳动参与率和生产力，并增加慢性病发病率。采取干预措施以减少肥胖并改善健康和劳动力产出的机会窗口非常有限。

In Australia's ageing crisis, baby boomers play a key role. Not only will they double the size of the aged population and its ratio to the workforce age group but the extent to which they remain in the workforce and their health will be crucial to future national productivity and prosperity. Baby Boomers have the highest level of obesity of any Australian age cohort and this threatens to seriously reduce their workforce participation and productivity and increase chronic disease incidence. There is a narrow closing window of opportunity for intervention which will reduce obesity and improve health and workforce outcomes.