Study: Retirees Report Better Health

People may feel healthier after they retire, a new study finds. The study of 15,000 French workers asked them about their health up to 7 years before and after they retired. In the year before retirement, 19.2% said they were in poor health. One year after retirement, it had dropped to 14.3%. The last time so few had reported poor health was 8 years before retirement. After retirement, the health improvements lasted at least 7 years. People with poorer working conditions reported the greatest improvements. The journal Lancet published the study online. HealthDay News wrote about it November 9.