Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 21416
Health: Food Poverty
Tabled: 19 December 2024
Answered: 7 January 2025
Question
Luke Murphy
Labour — Basingstoke
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of food poverty on (a) malnutrition, (b) obesity and (c) other health conditions in (i) Basingstoke, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England in the pa
Answer
The relationship between food poverty, or food insecurity, nutritional intake, and physical and mental health in the United Kingdom is currently unclear. However, international evidence suggests that in the long-term, food insecurity may be associated wit...
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