#food

mlansbury@despora.de

UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds

Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an #epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and poverty, according to a report warning that millions are facing a “timebomb” of avoidable health conditions.

The average height of five-year-olds is falling, obesity levels have increased by almost a third and the number of young people being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has risen by more than a fifth, the report by the Food Foundation said.

Aggressive marketing of cheap ultra-processed food, diets lacking essential nutrition and high levels of poverty and deprivation are driving the “significant decline” in children’s health, researchers found.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/19/uk-children-shorter-fatter-and-sicker-amid-poor-diet-and-poverty-report-finds

#ToryScum #ToryCorruption #CapitalismFails #poverty #food #FoodInsecurity #children #UK #UnitedKingdom #nutrition

faab64@diasp.org

Desperation as displaced people queue for donated food in Khan Younis camp

Children stand at a gathering of internally displaced Palestinians to collect food donated by a charitable group, in a camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 15, 2024 [Haitham Imad/EPA]

This happening in front of our eyes as 7 billions people go on loving their lives aa nothing else s going on.
#FoodAsWeapon
#Gaza #Shame
#food #Famine
#malnutrition
#starvation
#children
#inhumanity
#Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow