{"id":26206,"date":"2010-07-21T10:26:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=26206"},"modified":"2010-07-21T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T15:45:31","slug":"british-children-outweigh-american-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/british-children-outweigh-american-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"British Children Outweigh American Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brisish<\/a>According to the UK’s Telegraph<\/em><\/a>, researchers found that British children spend twice as much on junk food than their American counterparts. The average British child spends the equivalent of $570 per year on candy alone (that’s enough for 850 Mars bars), whereas an American child spends $230. Kids in the UK were also found to eat more pre-prepared meals, ice cream and sugary breakfast cereals. The study did not bode well for the success of the British Government’s anti-obesity campaign, which recently suffered from a major funding cut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over a third of British children are obese, and that number is projected to increase at a rate of 2.1 percent a year until 2026, while childhood obesity<\/a> in the US is expected to increase at a rate of 1.3 percent. Food manufacturers, however, are disputing the claims.<\/p>\n

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The figures are not encouraging for public health in either country. Jackie Schneider, of the UK’s Children’s Food Campaign, said the \u201clong-term health of our children first\u201d needed to be the government\u2019s main priority.<\/p>\n

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Obesity Expanding in China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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