MUSLIM adults in Britain are twice as likely to experience food insecurity as the wider population, according to new research by Muslim Aid ahead of Ramadan.

The survey found that 59 per cent of Muslim adults had worried about running out of food in the past year, compared with 29 per cent nationwide.

Some 44 per cent said they had gone hungry because they could not afford food, more than double the national figure.

A diabetic Muslim respondent from London said: “I have to feed my daughter bread at home and for her school lunch.

“I cannot afford to buy healthy food. Most [meal] times I eat my daughter’s leftovers.”

A student from the West Midlands said: “I study in college and I feel a lack of engagement due to hunger and lack of nutrition.”

Muslim Aid UK’s Lucy Rae said: “Voluntary action cannot be an ongoing substitute for the structural reforms needed to end a crisis disproportionately impacting Muslims across the UK.”

The group is urging co-ordinated action so that fewer families are forced into hunger.