The “obesity epidemic” has become one of the foremost issues of the 21st Century but the focus has been on overweight children.  In fact, obesity is growing more prevalent among older Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control.  The CDC reports that more than 35% of the 60-plus population is obese.

Some older adults go back to school to train for a new post-retirement job.  Others do it to improve their social lives.  Whatever the reason, it’s a way to keep active and learn new skills.

You are apt to suffer restless sleep as you grow older and that’s not a good thing, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens.  The 50-plus set can usually fall asleep with few problems, but many of them have a hard time staying asleep.

Although a robust deer population is a boon to hunters and automotive body shops, the speedy and unpredictable animals are hazardous for drivers on Wisconsin roads every fall.

by Keith Anderson, director of news, ECM Publishers, Coon Rapids, Minnesota There are hundreds of beautiful towns in the United States. And each of them has a claim to fame. Whether it’s the Fire Hydrant Capital of the world in Albertville, Alabama, the giant statue of Paul Bunyan welcoming visitors to Brainerd, Minnesota, or the…

By Robert M. Williams, Jr. What do you care most about in life? Most of us would put family at, or near, the top of such a list. Friends would be there. So would our jobs or businesses, our livelihoods. Our homes. Maybe our pets. Our hobbies and pastimes. Add in those around us: neighbors,…