Malnutrition: Older People
Commons · Question 28365 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Chris Ward
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of people aged over-65 who are malnourished in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 18 Feb 2025
In the United Kingdom, the primary causes of malnutrition are clinical, rather than it solely being caused by poor or inadequate dietary intake. Most cases of clinical malnutrition will be secondary to another health condition which may impact on nutritio...