UK malnutrition due poverty

In spite of the UK being one of the richest nations in the world there are some very shocking figures coming to light. The latest figures indicate that there are 2 million of its citizens suffering malnutrition. Almost half of all patients in care or residential homes and one third of those attending out-patient clinics and GP surgeries are not getting enough to eat. Malnutrition affects up to 14% of the elderly living at home. It seems that malnutrition is not restricted to the Third World, in the UK it is on the increase, but hidden by the State’s spin and act with smoke and mirrors, also its obsession with obesity, ( we are all getting too much.)
In Scotland, that poorer part of Britain, during the 2003/04 winter there were 2,900 cold related deaths among the elderly, an increase of 400 on the previous year, the worst figures in Europe. People who were just too poor to heat themselves. All this happening and Scottish and Southern Energy, whose profits jumped 11% to £267.9 million, in line with other energy companies, increased their prices as winter approached.
http://annarky1.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/the-uk-one-of-the-richest-nations-in-the-world/