"An affordable nutritious diet is a prerequisite for health.
"We view the rise of food poverty as indicating the reversal of what was a long process of improvement in food availability and affordability since World War Two."
'Growing problem'
The letter, which was signed by 169 of the faculty's members and is also being published in the Lancet journal, calls on the government to set up an independent working group to monitor nutrition and hunger in the UK.
It comes after the largest food bank provider, the Trussell Trust, said demand for its help had doubled in the last year.
Some 913,000 parcels were handed over in the last 12 months, it said, compared to just under 350,000 in the previous year.
David Cameron will go down in history as the 'Poverty PM' that created the 'Bedroom Tax'. Nick Clegg his ally in its implementation. While the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Are there any marriage vows between the people and their political representatives? For richer or poorer? No.
Cease to vote, and the politicians cease to be. Remember this, the heavenly Father said, 'politics is the bane of your life'.
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