High food costs fuel child malnutrition [SOUND]

# The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group says high child malnutrition and stunting will persist as families cut back on the quantity and quality of food they consume due to high costs. Coordinator Mervyn Abrahams revealed to Newzroom Afrika that pensioners and grant-dependent households are among the hardest hit by rising living costs. He says the high costs of basic essentials leave households with less money for food, worsening child malnutrition: