Children poisoned by modern world, warn experts

CHILDHOOD is being lost to a dangerous combination of junk food, marketing and video games, experts have warned.

A group of 110 teachers, psychologists, children’s authors and other experts have written to the Daily Telegraph urging the British 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 childcare expert Dr Penelope Leach.