Rising cost of living causing children in PPR housing to eat less than three meals a day


PETALING JAYA: Children of low income families in Malaysia’s capital are eating less than three meals a day as their families have been forced to cut back on spending due to rising food prices in the post-pandemic era.

About 52% of the children surveyed ate less than three meals a day, compared to 45% before the pandemic.

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