By: Bitethehand

Bitethehand
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:29:17 +0000

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Yet those 4,385,000 babies born in the 14 years from 1940 to 1954 when rationing ended are the healthiest and longest living ever. In fact the period could be extended well into the 1960s as most families continued habitually to eat the same kinds of meals and follow the same kind of diet and ‘fast foods’ barely existed. Today it is no longer unusual for parents to outlive their children.

“British children now consume 25 times more confectionery and 30 times more soft drinks than they did in 1950″.

” Lord Krebs, former Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), for example, has warned that for the first time in more than a century life expectancy may fall, with the real prospect that parents may outlive their children.

The most high-profile health issue is the dramatic rise in childhood obesity. The UK now has the highest rate of obesity in Europe, and childhood obesity is rising at an alarming rate: one in three children is now overweight or obese. Obesity in children under 11 has risen by over 40% in ten years. If this trend continues, half of children will be obese or overweight by 2020.”

By 2050, obesity will cost the country ?45 billion a year (Foresight Report (2007) Tackling Obesity: Future Choices)

https://www.sustainweb.org/childrens-food-campaign/childrens_diet_crisis/#:~:text=Lord%20Krebs%2C%20former%20Chair%20of%20the%20Food,is%20the%20dramatic%20rise%20in%20childhood%20obesity.