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。 他们不仅将使老年人口的规模及其与劳动力年龄组的比率翻一番，而且他们留在劳动力队伍中的程度及其健康状况将对未来的国家生产力和繁荣至关重要。 婴儿潮一代的肥胖率是澳大利亚所有年龄组中最高的，这可能会严重降低他们的劳动力参与率和生产力，并增加慢性疾病的发病率。 有一个狭窄的关闭窗口的机会干预，这将减少肥胖和改善健康和劳动力的结果。

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.