Some baby boomers do a great job of taking care of their bodies and minds. They watch what they eat, exercise regularly and follow the latest health findings.

Then there are the other boomers - the ones working incredibly long hours, too tired to hit the gym or whip up a healthy meal. Squeezed between taking care of their growing children as well as their aging parents, they know what they're supposed to do to lead healthy lives.

They just don't do it.

Boomers' lifestyle choices leading to health problems
According to a 2005 study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, obesity rates substantially grew for baby boomers (those born from 1946 to 1965), compared with the generation before them. When members of the prior generation were 35 to 44 years old, 14 percent to 18 percent were obese. At comparable ages, 28 percent to 32 percent of the youngest boomers were obese.

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