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One in six pensioners in Scotland at risk of malnutrition, charity warns
An elderly man at Rowheath House retirement home in Birmingham

MORE than one in every six pensioners in Scotland are at risk of malnutrition — but the number could be “just the tip of the iceberg,” a food charity warned today.

Research carried out by Food Train has found that at least 16 per cent of Scotland’s pensioners — amounting to over 170,000 — live with the risk of malnutrition and the true number could be much higher.

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