Thursday briefing: How to tackle the health issues wreaking havoc on UK children

Poverty and poor nutrition have worsened children’s health over the last year, according to a new survey. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

Good morning.

Children taken to A&E because they have fainted from hunger. Others hiding food stolen from their classmates’ lunchboxes to take home to their families. Rickets and scurvy on the rise. Children failing to grow properly because they are malnourished.