This attention to fitness and diet, say the Boomers, has increased their self-confidence. On the fitness issue, women tend to be more proactive about their health, with nearly 50 percent avoiding fatty foods, compared to 41 percent of men. Surprisingly, nearly twice as many men as women found their 50th birthday traumatic. This trauma might explain, in part, the decline in male sex drive, also noted in the survey. Men did out-pace the women in one area, sleep.
Men are twice as likely to sleep more.
When asked to identify 50 year-olds who really look their age, respondents chose President Clinton and Donald Trump. Among the hidden dangers associated with rapid weight loss is the formation of gallstones, which are clusters of solid material composed mostly of cholesterol that form in the gallbladder. There are two common ways that dieters subject themselves to gallstone formation. First, is an excessively low calorie diet for more than 12 weeks. Second, gastric bypass surgery, in which the size of the stomach is reduce to prevent overeating, can produce a gallstone hazard.