Story at-a-glance 1  -. Cucumbers are made up of 95 percent water, making them an ideal hydrating and cooling food. 2  Cucumbers contain an anti-inflammatory flavonol called fisetin that appears to play an important role in your brain health.
Figure 1). 2. In 2050, the population aged 65 and over is. projected to be 83.7 million, almost double its esti-. mated population of 43.1 million in 2012. The baby. boomers are largely responsible for this increase in the. older population, as they began turning 65 in 2011.
Interestingly, the children of baby boomers generation was smaller (9.1 million) than the baby boomer generation (9.6 million) in 2011. Baby boomers had fewer children than their parents. Fertility dropped from 3.1 children per woman at the end of the baby boom (1965) to 1.6 in the mid-1980s.