Junk kids, junk Britain

8th October 2006
By Sue Palmer

Now that the UK government and media have finally latched on to the ‘obesity time bomb’ and the contribution of junk food to behavioural problems, it seems impossible that everyone could have been so stupid for so long. But sadly, diet is only the tip of the iceberg. According to scores of experts I’ve interviewed over the last three years, many other aspects of twenty-first century life are seriously damaging children’s physical and mental health. How long must we …