Childhood obesity ‘ticking time bomb’ in thought-provoking photos

If we stuff our children with fast food and cans of soda, do they become ticking timebombs of poor health? Ready to explode at any moment into fully-fledged type two diabetes?

Those are the questions posed by photographer Warwick Thornton who has created some arresting images of children wearing ‘suicide bomber’ jackets full of junk food for an exhibition.

The pictures come as a recent study shows children as young as eight can worry about their body image and experience dissatisfaction with their bodies, putting them at risk of developing eating disorders as they enter their teens.