Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32602
Malnutrition: Children
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 5 March 2025
Question
Jess Asato
Labour — Lowestoft
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) tackle, (b) prevent and (c) monitor child poverty in the form of malnutrition.
Answer
Ashley DaltonMost cases of malnutrition are clinical and will be secondary to another health condition which may impact on nutritional needs or impact on a person’s ability to eat and drink, rather than it solely being caused by poor or inadequate dietary intake. The ...
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