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<br />71 City of Re(jwoo() City <br /> <br />Trends Analysis <br /> <br />Baby Boomers . Continued <br /> <br />To h{'ller sel'Vf' Ihe nep,ds and intt'rests of t.he Redwood City <br />hoomer population. it will br. nrCf~s::;ary t.0 offpr morr S(lrVicf~S. <br />progl'am:;;, and activities thaI target t/lis population. This <br />will mclu<le fil.llt'~s cHId ~pUl'ts prugra!lls, advl:l1tul'e tl'avel. <br />environmental progl'ams and activities, and a wide range <br />of special interest classes and hohl'Jics. The new multi- <br />genr.rational centel'. rather than tht' traditional seniol' center. <br />must he contemporary. active. service oriented. and dynamic <br />in its offerings, Education. work. l'ecI'eation. and leisure are <br />lifelong activities which span the (~ntire continuum of adult <br />life, Recreation must prepare to meN the needs of today's <br />40 year-olds for the next 50+ yeal's, <br /> <br />Health/Physical Activity <br /> <br />Over the last decade. California has Cxpt>rienced one of the <br />fastest rates of increase in adult ohesity of any state in the <br />nation.1t As of 2001. 1 n percent of all adult.s in California were <br />obese and only 4~1.2 percent reported a healthy weight.1U In <br />200G. the AARP conducted a national sUI'vey of adults born in <br />1 U4H. Researchers foune! that. t.he area of their lives that no <br />year-aids wanted to improve the most over t.he next five years <br />was their physical health. II <br /> <br /> <br />THE <br /> <br />SPOrts Management <br />,. G R 0 U P <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />-- ------- - <br /> <br />7A <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />f <br />~,l <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />As adults seek to improve their well-being through phYSical <br />activity, many have incOl'porated exercise walking making <br />it the most popular activity for Americans over the age of <br />45.'~ Adults age 55 and oldel' are now the fastest gl'Owing <br />gl'Oup of members at commercial health clubs and public <br />and non-pl'Ofit, filnnss faei/ilip-s. Nal.ion81 stuclif'.s incJir.cllr, <br />thaI hoomers, females, and older adults prefer community <br />facilities that prOVide a sense of belonging, include more <br />adults in t.heir age group. and are more diverse in their <br />mrmhcrship. The state-of-the-art. in community facility <br />dnsign incllloC's Filness rooms with ('arelio\'m;cular r.quiprnr.nt <br />anel weight. mar.hinp-s. WOOff floor SltH1iOS for group p-xcrr.ise. <br />and space for assessment and testing, <br /> <br />Health management is also important t.o boomel's, As <br />boomel's age, convenient. access to health and wellness <br />IH'ogl'ams and services in a non-clin ical sett.ing will become <br />even more important, The contempOI'ary center includes <br />office space for visiting healthcare professionals, which in IlIe <br />case of boomers, may he a sports medicine clinician. Other <br />, spaces may include space for diagnostic screening. wellness <br />moniloring. or an onlin~ virtual c!nr.t.or's ornep-. <br /> <br />Youth and Childhood Obesity <br /> <br />Ovel' (he (J8SI fivl:' yems. t.lle rl:'cugniUulI uf the youlll ohesity <br />crisis in the United States has hecome widespread. If current. <br />trends in obesity and physical inactivity continue. today's <br />youth will he the first generation In this nation's history to <br />face a shorter life expectancy than their parents.l.l <br />