Gestor bibliográfico Crisis y Salud

García Rada highlights the rise in child poverty and child malnutrition in Catalonia, Spain, since the economic crisis.But closer to home, the number of malnutrition related admissions to hospital in England has doubled since 2008-09 (figure⇓). Furthermore, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has reported a decrease in calories purchased and substitution with unhealthier foods, especially in families with young children. Against a backdrop of rising food prices, figures from the Trussell Trust show an exponential rise in the number of people being issued food bank vouchers by frontline care professionals.