Daily Star

Poor diet misery

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NEARLY 2,500 children have been admitted to hospital with malnutriti­on in the first six months of 2020.

There were 2,483 hospital admissions of under-16s between January and June this year, according to nearly 50 hospital trusts in England.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said she was

“shocked” at the figures. Some 80 NHS trusts responded to the Freedom of Informatio­n request, while 50 provided substantiv­e informatio­n, said the MP.

Ms Moran said: “These figures shocked me and make me angry that in Britain, in 2020, people can be hospitalis­ed due to malnutriti­on.”

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