New research highlights that millions of children are placing themselves at great risk later in life by eating the unhealthy diets they do.
Children who consume an unhealthy diet when young face a ticking health time-bomb as they get older due to their poor diet and nutrition when young.
Health experts claim that a majority of youngsters are at risk of serious illnesses as adults due their high consumption of saturated fat, sugar and salt .
Moreover, many children consume insufficient amounts of essential vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids from oily fish .
The Manchester Metropolitan University researchers stated that there is growing evidence that problems with juvenile nutrition can considerably contribute to chronic and degenerative diseases.