In a nation where kids are born with shorter estimated life
expectancies than their parents due to diet - related disease, Chef Ann has been a constant champion of school food reform as an important avenue through which to improve childhood nutrition.
For the first time in centuries, the current generation of children will have a shorter life
expectancy than their parents...
I'm Katie - I started my personal journey as a «Wellness Mama» almost a decade ago when my first child was born and I read that his generation would be the first in centuries to have a shorter life
expectancy than their parents.
EW: Some studies indicate that todays kids could be the first generation to have a shorter life
expectancy than their parents — due largely to obesity.
With many children already obese before they even begin primary school, it has been widely claimed that this generation of children will have a lower life
expectancy than their parents.
Not exact matches
Notwithstanding rising life
expectancy and declining workplace pension coverage, most Canadians working today can look forward to a longer retirement with a better quality of life
than their
parents.
There is a recent Surgeon General who said that this generation of kids growing up today might be the first to have a life
expectancy shorter
than that of their
parents.
You think the life
expectancy of our
parents was 40 YEARS LOWER
than that of our grandparents?
He says: «Many children are already obese before they even start at primary school and it has been widely reported that today's children will have a lower life
expectancy than that of their
parents» generation.
It is also fair to note that whilst future generations will have to work longer
than their
parents, increasing life
expectancy makes it likely that they will ultimately be in receipt of a state pension for longer
than previous generations.
Additional research has suggested children with two married
parents have better health and a longer life
expectancy than other children.