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For the public at large, it’s difficult not to notice the increasing number of large and extra large children all around us -- these images are quite common and disturbing. The situation begs the question, “Why can’t we get a handle on this problem and solve it?” We don’t have the exact answer, but it’s clear that addressing the problem at its source is a remarkably complex task. Not only are we dealing with a nation-wide diet that is unhealthy, both in quantity and quality, but one that is skillfully promoted to an under-informed and under-active population. Food labeling and advertising, both under federal control, play a much larger role in the obesity epidemic than many realize or are willing to admit. In fact, food and the government – that is, the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration -- have a troublesome legal history that relates directly to the challenges we’re facing with childhood obesity today. | Retirement trends
The changing nature of the post-work world
Retirement age is on the rise
Workers for decades had been retiring at increasingly younger ages. That's begun to reverse in recent years, however. In the 1980s, only 16 percent of men 65 and older were still employed, down from about 50 percent in 1950. The figure has rebounded to 19 percent and is expected to increase as baby boomers reach 65.
Pension plans are dwindling
Fewer people receive defined-benefit pensions at work than in generations past. In 1983, 88 percent of workers who had a pension plan at work received defined-benefit pensions, meaning they received a set monthly income for the rest of their lives. That number plummeted to 37 percent by 2004. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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