More than 2m adults in UK cannot afford to eat every day, survey finds

Food banks say people are requesting food that does not need to be cooked or stored in a fridge or freezer. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images

More than 2 million adults in the UK have gone without food for a whole day over the past month because they cannot afford to eat, according to a survey revealing the “catastrophic” impact of the cost of living crisis.

The latest survey of the nation’s food intake shows a 57% jump in the proportion of households cutting back on food or skipping meals over the first three months of this year, with one in seven adults (7.3 million) estimated to be food-insecure, up from 4.7 million in January.