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September 16, 2006
A leading group of British intellectuals warned this week the modern world is poisoning childhood with unhealthy food and virtual reality.

Often, experts said junk food is actually fueling children's time on the Internet and playing video games. The result appears to be affecting minds and learning ability.

We're talking about depression and people can no longer think in a common-sense kind of way," said psychologist Del Lowenthal. "At least in surveys, they're showing that people are worse now as children than they were a few years ago."