NHS Digital finds more than 1 million people aged 60 and over are malnourished or at risk

The number of older people diagnosed with malnutrition has more than trebled to almost 500,000 in the past decade, according to research.

More than 1 million people aged 60 and over – one in 10 – are either malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, the NHS Digital figures showed.

Related: Older people dying for want of social care at rate of three an hour

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