British children shorter than other five-year-olds in Europe, study finds

[pellinore]

Now the UK has a govt that puts the country before themselves, perhaps we can try to catch up with all we have lost since Brexit- not least our nation's health. Life expectancy has also fallen:

British five-year-olds are up to 7cm shorter than children of the same age in Europe.

Some experts are suggesting nutrition- and especially a lack of quality food - could be stunting the growth of children in the UK.

The average girl is 111.7cm tall and boys are 112cm in Britain (around 3-ft 6-in), according to data collected by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration.

By comparison, in Bulgaria, children are much taller, the research showed. There, boys are, on average, 120cm (almost 4ft) tall and girls are 118cm.

Children in Italy, Spain, France and Sweden are all much taller at age five, on average, than UK youngsters of the same age.The average height in Britain has stayed the same since the mid-1980s, whereas children in other countries, especially in Eastern Europe, have grown taller in the decades since.British children shorter than other five-year-olds in Europe, study finds | ITV News

"Not only is health the foremost concern of your local constituents, communities and businesses, health is also an indicator of how well a nation is performing. Unfortunately, Britain is performing poorly."

The study, England's Widening Health Gap: Local Places Falling Behind, found women in the most deprived neighbourhoods had seen a fall in their life expectancy even before the pandemic.

Poorer people dying increasingly younger than richer people as 'dismal' life expectancy gap grows, report finds | UK News | Sky News

 

Edited July 12 by pellinore

[Destination Unknown]

1 hour ago, pellinore said:

Now the UK has a govt that puts the country before themselves, perhaps we can try to catch up with all we have lost since Brexit- not least our nation's health. Life expectancy has also fallen:

British five-year-olds are up to 7cm shorter than children of the same age in Europe.

Some experts are suggesting nutrition- and especially a lack of quality food - could be stunting the growth of children in the UK.

The average girl is 111.7cm tall and boys are 112cm in Britain (around 3-ft 6-in), according to data collected by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration.

By comparison, in Bulgaria, children are much taller, the research showed. There, boys are, on average, 120cm (almost 4ft) tall and girls are 118cm.

Children in Italy, Spain, France and Sweden are all much taller at age five, on average, than UK youngsters of the same age.The average height in Britain has stayed the same since the mid-1980s, whereas children in other countries, especially in Eastern Europe, have grown taller in the decades since.British children shorter than other five-year-olds in Europe, study finds | ITV News

"Not only is health the foremost concern of your local constituents, communities and businesses, health is also an indicator of how well a nation is performing. Unfortunately, Britain is performing poorly."

The study, England's Widening Health Gap: Local Places Falling Behind, found women in the most deprived neighbourhoods had seen a fall in their life expectancy even before the pandemic.

Poorer people dying increasingly younger than richer people as 'dismal' life expectancy gap grows, report finds | UK News | Sky News

 

Oh for crying out pellinore, are you really that desperate. Is there actually anything negative that you utter clowns won't try and blame on Brexit?

So Brexit is responsible for people's height now. Are you actually for real?

Quote: "The average height in Britain has stayed the same since the mid-1980s" - so that'll be all through our EEC/EU membership then. 🤦

Sometimes pellinore I think you're just so desperate to blame anything negative on Brexit, no matter what it is, that it's obviously clouded your ability to think critically, and you don't actually bother to read what you post, because if you did, you'd realise just how stupid these claims really are. I call it 'Loopy Liz Webster' syndrome, she does exactly the same thing, posts ridiculous statements blaming anything negative on Brexit without even trying to make it make sense, and then doubles down on it when it inevitably gets ripped to shreds. 🤷

Edited July 12 by Destination Unknown

[+ouija ouija]

I have thought for some time that pellinore posts stuff just to get people riled up.

[Destination Unknown]

13 minutes ago, ouija ouija said:

I have thought for some time that pellinore posts stuff just to get people riled up.

Sadly, I think he really does actually believe the nonsensical cr*p that he posts.

[pellinore]

22 minutes ago, ouija ouija said:

I have thought for some time that pellinore posts stuff just to get people riled up.

7 minutes ago, Destination Unknown said:

Sadly, I think he really does actually believe the nonsensical cr*p that he posts.

I didn't say it was due to Brexit, it is due to malnutrition: Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and poverty, according to a report warning that millions are facing a “timebomb” of avoidable health conditions.

The average height of five-year-olds is falling, obesity levels have increased by almost a third and the number of young people being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has risen by more than a fifth, the report by the Food Foundation said.

I was making the point that now we have a govt that will put the country first (and the citizens health) we will be able, hopefully, to abandon the mad ideology to cleave from Europe and catch up with their standards again.

UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds | Children | The Guardian

Edited July 13 by pellinore

[Destination Unknown]

1 hour ago, pellinore said:

I didn't say it was due to Brexit, it is due to malnutrition: Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and poverty, according to a report warning that millions are facing a “timebomb” of avoidable health conditions.

The average height of five-year-olds is falling, obesity levels have increased by almost a third and the number of young people being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has risen by more than a fifth, the report by the Food Foundation said.

I was making the point that now we have a govt that will put the country first (and the citizens health) we will be able, hopefully, to abandon the mad ideology to cleave from Europe and catch up with their standards again.

UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds | Children | The Guardian

Again pellinore, from your original post, quote: "The average height in Britain has stayed the same since the mid-1980s, whereas children in other countries, especially in Eastern Europe, have grown taller in the decades since."

So for the best part of 4 decades, over successive governments (both Tory and Labour) the average height in Britain has stayed the same, and all that happened whilst we were in the EEC/EU, so explain how the new Messiah Starmer is somehow all of a sudden going to change that. What will this Labour Government do whilst in office to make people grow that successive Tory and Labour Government's have failed to do over the course of 40 years? Make it make sense.

Edited July 13 by Destination Unknown

[+ouija ouija]

Just to point out: taller does not equal healthier! Plus, we have never been one of the tallest populations in Europe.

Edited July 13 by ouija ouija

[OpenMindedSceptic]

Pellinore, you really are all over the place with your nonsensical rantings. Brexit has nothing to do with the height of children you dork.