Updated: Added a correction to statistics used in the report.

In Chapter 01, page 12, left hand column, final paragraph, the text reads:

“The authors found that nearly half of baby boomer men and over a third of baby boomer women were overweight. These figures increased to a startling 80% and 92% in women if central obesity using raised waist circumference (defined as 102cm in men and 88cm in women), a risk factor for diabetes, was used instead of BMI (with 77% of men and 83% of women being classified as obese by 65–69 years of age using this criterion). These statistics are staggering.”

This should read:

“The authors found that nearly half of baby boomer men and over a third of baby boomer women were overweight. Around a startling 75% of men and 80% of women were classified as centrally obese if raised waist circumference (defined as 102cm in men and 88cm in women), a risk factor for diabetes, was used instead of BMI (with 77% of men and 83% of women being classified as obese by 65–69 years of age using this criterion). These statistics are staggering.”

We will replace the report with a corrected version shortly.

This report by the Chief Medical Officer looks at the health of the ‘baby boomer’ generation (broadly, those born between 1945 and 1964).

It considers topics such as the impact of lifestyle choices on current and future health, mental health, sexual health, and screening and immunisation programmes.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cmo-annual-report-2015-health-of-the-baby-boomer-generation