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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Gregor Young

Thousands of children treated for malnutrition in Scotland, according to new figures

Numerous health boards in Scotland showed hundreds of children being treated for malnutrition over the past three and half years

THOUSANDS of children in Scotland have been treated for malnutrition over the past three and a half years, according to new figures.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde recorded 3895 admissions of children to an acute site for malnutrition between 2018 and 2022, with figures nearly doubling from 572 to 1000 in 2021 alone.

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