I would have to agree with the general thrust of what you spoke about, which reflects my own--namely, looking at our children as our future and the importance of doing everything we can that has been demonstrated to be effective in increasing the likelihood of them growing up healthy and therefore able to lead productive adult lives.
That's almost a cliché, and I must say, as a pediatrician, I sometimes get worried about the cliché that children are our future. Children are also their own present and are an end in themselves and not a means to our end. But clearly, looked at globally, for us as a collectivity, we would be foolish not to invest, and I don't think anyone would argue against investing in those strategies that have been demonstrated to provide the greatest likelihood of the greatest proportion of them growing up healthy and able to contribute to our society. To me it's a no-brainer. We just have to be selective in deciding where to invest to get a maximum bang for our buck. That's why the few I selected here are ones where there is clear data to suggest that the dollar invested in health promotion will pay off manyfold down the line.