Making a healthy diet more costly for some.” “Fast meals” are inexpensive, filling, and convenient, but they are lacking in nutritional content.”
“It is especially concerning that admissions for iron deficiency have nearly doubled, and folate deficiencies have quadrupled,
Mainly due to inadequate dietary nutrition.” Last year, over 260,000 vitamin B deficient therapies were administered, representing an 11% rise.
Calcium and vitamin C deficiency cases also increased. According to Freya Harrap, Project Officer and Nutritionist with Food Matters,
A nonprofit that has been advocating for healthier meals for disadvantaged people for 20 years, “this is one of the biggest problems we are facing in the UK.”
“Free fresh vegetables are often overlooked due to a lack of proper cooking equipment, but it’s also often a matter of hard experience,” she explains.
