A study by the Medical Research Council in Britain revealed that children now eat nearly twice as much sugar, have a lower fibre intake, and consume fewer vitamins and minerals than children of the 1950s. In the UK alone, approximately 4.5 million prescriptions for antibiotics are written for children in a year, and one in two children has allergies. According to the Cancer Research Campaign, cancer rates in the under-20s rose by 27 percent between 1971 and 1993 in the Western world.
Obviously, diet is not the sole culprit for the rise in ill health of our children.
Environmental pollution plays a significant role as our air becomes more congested with chemicals and other pollutants.
Before we proudly point to our clear, blue African sky, it’s worth knowing that the United
