Sharron: I fear for next generation

OLYMPIAN Sharron Davies has told how she fears for young people today due to their lack of physical activity and the amount of junk food they eat.

- Jaymi McCann and Fiaz Rafiq

The champion swimmer, who represented Britain in the Olympics and European championships, and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games, warned about the dangers of processed food and sugar.

She also stressed the importance of teaching children about the link between physical activity and mental health.

Sharron, 60, said: I do worry about children these days sitting with their tablets, being inactive and Covid made it even worse.

“Tve got three children. My youngest is 15 and he’s involved with sport. I’ve instilled physical activity in my kids and they’ve had that during what I call their programming years’.

“When they’re young, that’s when we programme kids to eat well and exercise. So it’s terribly important we get young people to be physically active.