Recent research has pointed out that 51% of older people are forced to starve in a bid to pay for heating their homes.

Spokesperson for the Institute of Public Health, Dr Helen McAvoy, said, “And I think it’s very important that the findings of this (fuel poverty) report would be considered within it, and that particular provision is made for older people living alone, those over 75 and in particular older people who have an existing chronic illness or disability, because those groups emerged, in our research, as being particularly vulnerable.”
Source-Medindia