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WASHINGTON (AP) - The aging baby boom generation is likely to increase the nation's disabled population, and a study says the United States needs a better system to provide care for them.
More than 40 million Americans currently have some sort of disability, the Institute of Medicine reported Tuesday.
And a decline in physical activity and increase in obesity and diabetes in younger generations raises concerns that, as the nation ages, an increasing share of the population will experience disability, the Institute said.
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