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Spoilt Rotten?

In this BBC Panorama special we are invited into Alder Hey, Britain’s largest children’s hospital located in Liverpool and what we find is disturbing. The hospital is treating younger and younger children for health problems that are very much preventable. Many of the problems witnessed are the direct result of the children’s lifestyle, from obesity to alcohol misuse, from rotting baby teeth to hearing problems caused by passive smoking. These are factors causing them unnecessary suffering.

Five-year-old Kaitlyn is having nearly half her teeth extracted because she’s been consuming half a mug of tomato ketchup every day, 13-year-old Macaulay has been drinking half a bottle of vodka every Friday night, while five-year-old Leon weighs the same as an average 17-year-old. In this documentary you will see some amazing Islamic Patterns and geometry which is an essential part of all Islamic Art, the geometric patterns are very intricate and mathematical and that is the reason why some of these grand Mosque’s took years to build. Islamic Art Patterns are a treat for the eye and is like looking for a real life kaleidoscope as the geometry draws you in closer and closer, you can discover how to make your own Islamic Art patterns in this documentary just follow along with a pen and ruler and be amazed with what you can create.

Panorama meets the children and the pediatricians treating them and follows them home in an attempt to uncover the root cause of their problems. Reporter Richard Bilton soon discovers that some of the basic health messages from the doctors are not getting through to the parents.

Directed by: Janice Finch

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  1. junk food never did me any harm

  2. Please, delete all text copied from PaintingTube related to Islamic Art, especially the backlink.

  3. This is nothing short of child abuse. These poor kids need to be removed from their abusive parents.