Children going hungry as parents face food bill rises

CHILDREN are bearing the brunt of the recession, with one in six youngsters from struggling families going to bed hungry, 
according to a charity.

Around three-fifths of the poorest families in Scotland have had to cut the amount 
they spend on food in the last year, the research from Save the Children reveals.

Two large-scale surveys questioned both parents and children in cash-strapped households. Almost 40 per cent of parents in the worst-off families say they are stressed and constantly worry about how to make ends meet.

Around a quarter of low-income parents frequently skip meals, and one in seven children in these families regularly do not get enough to eat.

In the face of rising food 
prices, about three-fifths of low-income parents have less than £30 a week to spend on food for their family, compared with a national average of £76.