Malnutrition: Children
Lords · Question HL3223 · Tabled 5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Lord Boateng
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the prevalence of, and (2) regional disparities in (a) child stunting, and (b) malnutrition in the general population, in the United Kingdom.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 19 Dec 2024
In England, the prevalence of childhood stunting was 1.5% for children aged four years olds in 2021/22, defined by having a height for age below minus two standard deviations from the median of the World Health Organisation (WHO) child growth standard. Re...