Are young children in Britain getting smaller?
Bad diets are the likeliest cause of problems
A REPORT this week from the Food Foundation, a think-tank, notes the social cost of soaring food inflation: the poorest fifth of households would now need to spend half of their disposable income to eat a healthy diet. Instead, too many eat cheap, high-calorie but low-nutrition meals. That takes a toll. Years of poor diets lead to more obesity and affect children’s heights.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The children are shrinking”
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