Francine Bell comments on good health and retirement:

"An Australian Bureau of Statistics study last month found that older workers aged 45 to 74 have lower rates of heart diseases, diabetes, obesity and arthritis than their non-working peers.

The study acknowledges that people not in the workforce includes those too ill to hold down a job. But older workers who were say, diabetic or arthritic, were still more likely to rate their health as very good or excellent compared to their retired counterparts.

It’s an interesting thought..."