Modern World Is 'Poisoning' Children

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Childhood is being lost to a dangerous combination of junk food, marketing and video games, experts warned yesterday. A group of 110 teachers, psychologists, children's authors and other experts wrote to the Daily Telegraph urging the Government to act, warning children are being poisoned by the modern world.

The group includes children's laureate Jacqueline Wilson, novelist Philip Pullman, Baroness Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution and child care expert Dr Penelope Leach.

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Modern World Is 'Poisoning' Children

They write, 'We are deeply concerned at the escalating incidence of childhood depression and...

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