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Article: Malnutrition: the hidden epidemic; It sounds incredible in modern Europe - but thousands of us eat so badly that we're dangerously undernourished. And be warned! Going into hospital can just make things WORSE.(Features)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Byline: JEROME BURNE
WHEN Gill Reynolds came round from an operation on her colon last year, she was astonished to be told she was seriously malnourished.
'Although I'd lost about a stone, I didn't look particularly thin - but the surgeon said I had malnutrition. My blood count was very low, which meant I hadn't been getting enough energy and nutrients,' says Gill, a 61-year-old retired office worker. 'I just couldn't believe it.'
Malnutrition is a word we usually associate with the tragically thin figures from TV news reports of third world famines.
In fact, it's a common problem. While, thankfully, few are actually at starvation ...