Number of older people diagnosed with malnutrition trebles in a decade

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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.

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