Conspicuous Consumption and Sedentary Living Is this our legacy to our children?

This issue of the journal highlights issues which significantly impact the physical, mental and environmental health of a generation of children and adolescents. Whether it is mute exposure to passive smoking,1 the mental stress faced by professional scholars2 or the frightening emergence of a new generation of young ‘maturity’ onset diabetics,3 it is a clarion call for parents, society and the medical fraternity to stand up and take responsibility.