Sex, drugs and a rocky road, said Jim Bacon, author of "Boomergeddon."   Boomers are less healthy and heavier than their parents were at their age. And they pop far more pills than the previous generation; an average 50-year-old man takes four prescription medications daily, according to AARP.

American generations through the years

"Boomers think of themselves as forever young, but they're aging physiologically faster than their parents' generation," Bacon said.

"What's happening to boomers, they're showing a lot of increases in chronic diseases. They haven't reached 75 or 80, but compared to the previous generations at the same age, they're showing more of the chronic diseases."

These include obesity-related diseases, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and others. And they're facing this during economic hardships when they're also responsible for their parents and their kids.

Here are suggestions for dealing with the top health concerns of baby boomers, people born between 1946 and 1964.

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