Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Malnutrition 'costs UK billions'
Malnutrition costs the UK more than £7.3bn a year - more than double the bill for obesity, a report has found.
However, the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition said malnutrition was given a much lower priority by the government.
The report estimates around 30% of patients in hospitals and nursing homes are clinically malnourished.
In total, more than three million people are thought to be malnourished at any one time.
Technorati tag: Food, Malnutrition
posted by I at 10:16 pm
