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Children are getting so fat that they may be the first (36) to die before their parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Today’s youngsters are already falling (37) to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles (38) by televisions and computers could mean kids will die (39) young, says Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. Many nations now (40) more than 20 per cent of their population as (41) obese and well over half the populations overweight. At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge (42) shift because adults are getting so fat. Professor Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by easily available high-energy foods combined with a (43) drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments. He is not alone in his concern. (44) . Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease as well as a diabetes . (45) . So will parents outlive their children Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese. (46) .