Children in the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker due to 'shocking levels' of poverty and food deprivation, according to a new report. Charity The Food Foundation also blamed and the 'aggressive promotion of cheap junk food' for a perceived deterioration in children's health and wellbeing.
Last month, analysis by Germany-based life sciences consultancy stradoo, found that severely obese young children could cut their life expectancy by around half. The research found children who were severely obese by age four, with a BMI z score of 3.5, had a life expectancy of 39 if they didn't lose weight, while children with a score of 2.5 had one of 50 years.
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