British children ‘feeling under pressure to be fat’
Charities have issued a stark warning to the Government that today’s children are feeling under increasing pressure to be fat owing to the steady diet of images they are force-fed by the media. ‘Children only need to open a magazine or switch on their television sets to be bombarded with so-called ‘positive’ images of chubby kids,’ said Victoria Reason of Save the Children. ‘The idea that obesity holds the key to commercial success, self-worth and popularity is being rammed down their throats everywhere they look. But one look at these images will tell you that they are pedalling an ideal most children can never hope to attain. Not on only three meals a day.’
Posted: May 18th, 2009
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