It seems that many senior citizens are facing more obesity issues than ever before.  With the simple generational change between my great grandma and grandma you can tell.  My great grandma and grandpa were both beanpoles, pointing to really good genetics.  Up until the end, my great grandma was actually gardening and walking every day which could be a big part of that.  My grandma in part was that grandma that was always cooking up sweets, fatty foods, and otherwise, and my mom is a health freak.  But still, my grandma was never really a big lady when she was young.  She’s basically legally considered a midget, and she was a small lady, always had tiny legs that I envied until the end.  But when she reached about 60, suddenly she started gaining weight, and she became quite round in general, and she ended up suffering from quite a few obesity related and age related health problems.  That being said, she has recently dropped a lot of weight due to rather forced diet changes among other things.  But it’s not just her.  A lot of people in her age range, even though she’s about 80 now, are experiencing the same problems, and it’s even more prevalent among the baby boomers, which is definitely not a good sign for future generations.