Nineteen percent of 24- to 32-year olds have high blood pressure. In a study published in the journal Epidemiology, researchers analyzed data from more than 14,000 participants. Being overweight is a well-known risk factor for high blood pressure. In 1995 the participants were ages 12-19 and 11% were obese. In 2000 it was 22%. In 2008 it was 37%. Another 30% of the participants were overweight. Males were likelier to have high blood pressure, as were those without college educations. That the majority of these young adults didn't know they had high blood pressure should raise society's blood pressure.
Among 25- to 29-year olds melanoma is the most common cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, melanoma is the most dangerous skin cancer and is ranked eighth among the most common cancers with more than 68,000 people diagnosed yearly. The incidence of melanoma is up from 15.1 cases per 100,000 people in 1999 to 18.7 in 2007. Skin cancers account for almost 50% of cancers in the U.S. Although they're treated successfully more than 99% of the time if caught early, we all should observe. "No Fry Day" - appropriately observed the "Friday" before Memorial Day.
In middle-aged women facial lines may be linked to bone density. A study presented at an Endocrine Society meeting studied 114 women in their late 40's and early 50's. All had had their last menstrual period within the past 3 years, weren't having hormone therapy and hadn't had cosmetic skin procedures. All were scored on the number of wrinkle sites and depth of wrinkles. Skin firmness on the forehead and cheeks were measured, as was bone density. The women with worse wrinkles had lower bone density regardless of age, body fat and other factors influencing bone density. It seems laugh lines may need to be renamed.
Hips get wider as we get older. A study published in the Journal of Orthopedic Research used CT scans to measure the width and height of the vertebral body, the width of the pelvis and the distance between, as well as the diameter of, the hip joints in 246 people. The last 3 measurements all increased with age. The pelvis width of people ages 70-79 averaged 1 inch larger than those of people ages 20-29. That's about a 3-inch increase in waist size between age 20 and 79. So ... we're not necessarily getting fatter. We're just getting "hipper".
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