We are a country of shorter people now

[SirGalahad]

Children raised under UK austerity shorter than European peers, study finds

Average height of boys and girls aged five has slipped due to poor diet and NHS cuts, experts say

www.theguardian.com

British children who grew up during the years of austerity are shorter than their peers in Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania, a study has found.

In 1985, British boys and girls ranked 69 out of 200 countries for average height aged five. At the time they were on average 111.4cm and 111cm tall respectively.


Now, British boys are 102nd and girls 96th, with the average five-year-old boy measuring 112.5cm and the average girl, 111.7cm. In Bulgaria, the average height for a five-year-old boy is 121cm and a girl, 118cm.

Food experts point out that a diet of cheap junk food makes people simultaneously overweight and undernourished.

 

[motorbiking]

"The question is why" but the Guardian article jumps to a conclusion.

It costs more to feed your kids McDonalds than it does to cook them a healthy meal. Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania are hardly rich nations.

This is 100% culture, not funding.

 

[SirGalahad]

"The question is why" but the Guardian article jumps to a conclusion.

It costs more to feed your kids McDonalds than it does to cook them a healthy meal. Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania are hardly rich nations.

This is 100% culture, not funding.

Do you have some study or evidence to back that claim.

 

[SirGalahad]

Health inequalities and obesity

Professor Rachel Batterham, RCP special adviser on obesity, explores the link between health inequalities and obesity.

www.rcplondon.ac.uk

Obesity and poverty paradox in developed countries - PubMed

Obesity is a civilization disease and the proportion of people suffering from it continues to grow, especially in the developed countries. Number of obese people in Europe has increased threefold over the last 20 years. The paradox of obesity and poverty relationship is observed especially in...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Nuffield Trust: Child obesity levels likely to be higher in areas with more poverty and lower breastfeeding rates

Our new report explores factors associated with increased rates of childhood obesity.

www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk

 

[SirGalahad]

"The question is why" but the Guardian article jumps to a conclusion.

It costs more to feed your kids McDonalds than it does to cook them a healthy meal. Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania are hardly rich nations.

This is 100% culture, not funding.

You also assumed cheap junk food meant that they just eat at Mcdonalds - it also includes buying more frozen food etc.

Just shown your bias - well done.

 

[SirGalahad]

"The question is why" but the Guardian article jumps to a conclusion.

It costs more to feed your kids McDonalds than it does to cook them a healthy meal. Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania are hardly rich nations.

This is 100% culture, not funding.

On top you didn't factor in living costs of Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania compared to the UK so this superficial point of yours is moot. I wonder is housing in those countries cheaper. Take a wild guess.

But do carry on.

 

[motorbiking]

So let’s look at some definitions.

British children. Given the changing demographics of our nation. Show me the evidence that this isn’t a dilution of source.

Nordic people are generally taller than south Asians. Is this population change?

There are so many factors - but your article blames austerity.

 

[johnny2007]

Time for my lunchtime punchline...

BOLL@X!

(Read it out loud whilst pretending to cough)

 

[Justin Passing]

Have they factored in the proportion of kids the age they're measuring which is of ethnicities which may be shorter?
Etc Etc Etc.
Of course not.

 

[Bod ...]

As someone who has been called a ****** I find you rather
insulating.

 

[Brigadier]

As someone who has been called a ********** I find you rather
insulating.

Give Gal a chance, and you might warm to him.

 

[SirGalahad]

As someone who has been called a ********* I find you rather
insulating.

Why how tall are you?

 

[Vinty]

Children raised under UK austerity shorter than European peers, study finds

Average height of boys and girls aged five has slipped due to poor diet and NHS cuts, experts say

www.theguardian.com

British children who grew up during the years of austerity are shorter than their peers in Bulgaria, Montenegro and Lithuania, a study has found.

In 1985, British boys and girls ranked 69 out of 200 countries for average height aged five. At the time they were on average 111.4cm and 111cm tall respectively.


Now, British boys are 102nd and girls 96th, with the average five-year-old boy measuring 112.5cm and the average girl, 111.7cm. In Bulgaria, the average height for a five-year-old boy is 121cm and a girl, 118cm.

Food experts point out that a diet of cheap junk food makes people simultaneously overweight and undernourished.

Clickbait.
In 1985 Britain was a more homogeneous nation.
If kids today are shorter than their peers in 1985 ,it could be because of the influx of people from other countries, including the ones mentioned in your post.
Does the report give an ethnic breakdown of these 'British' kids.
If they were chosen at random, then there must be a large percentage of them from recent immigrant stock.
I'm 6'4" myself and my kids are above average height, I've noticed that a lot of my friends and neighbours kids who are now adults are also taller than their parents.
If it is the case that there is some sort of nutrition deficit in the diet of kids ,then the government should bring back free school milk and proper school dinners, and the dinners should be proper school dinners ,not the rabbit food they call 'Lunch'.

 

[SirGalahad]

Clickbait.
In 1985 Britain was a more homogeneous nation.
If kids today are shorter than their peers in 1985 ,it could be because of the influx of people from other countries, including the ones mentioned in your post.
Does the report give an ethnic breakdown of these 'British' kids.
If they were chosen at random, then there must be a large percentage of them from recent immigrant stock.
I'm 6'4" myself and my kids are above average height, I've noticed that a lot of my friends and neighbours kids who are now adults are also taller than their parents.
If it is the case that there is some sort of nutrition deficit in the diet of kids ,then the government should bring back free school milk and proper school dinners, and the dinners should be proper school dinners ,not the rabbit food they call 'Lunch'.

Current UK is 74.4% ethnic british and Holland is 77.4% - so pretty similar.

I agree your last sentence.

 

[Bod ...]

Why how tall are you?

How much ammunition do you want?