As a nation, our children’s health is in fact not very healthy. Rising obesity, eating disorders, poor mental health, life threatening illnesses and increasing outbreaks of infectious diseases, says the latest government report, paint a bleak and deteriorating picture. Our youngest generation are also suffering worsening levels of tooth decay, anxiety and stunted growth as food prices have risen, says a survey of school nurses last year. British five-year-olds are now smaller than their European peers, suggest the studies. While the height of German or Danish pre-schoolers may be of little con…
