Cormillot: "Without food policy, the" universal coverage "does not reach"

The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing to celebrate this year World Health Day under the motto "Universal health coverage", in order to "All people and communities receive the health services they need (…), from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care."

While this goal has an inalienable right, we are living in a food crisis that has such a negative impact on public health that, by ignoring it, universal coverage is inadequate.

The study "Health Effects of Food Risks in 195 Countries, 1990-2017", published this week in The lancet, finds that a poor diet (low diet fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds, milk, fiber, omega-3 and high in red meat, processed foods, sugary drinks, saturated and trans fats and sodium) have effects on the development of chronic noncommunicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, overweight and obesity; responsible for 11 million deaths a year in the world, 4 million more than those caused by cigarettes.

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Therefore, it is essential to promote an accessible, healthy, sustainable and enjoyable diet to prevent and treat diseases. Overall, this requires working on five areas:

1. production A predictable policy and infrastructure that allows the producer to plan for the long term and reach major centers at affordable costs.

2. The industry Reformulate the content in calories, fats, sugars, salt; portion sizes and develop brighter front labeling.

3. Offer. Multiply places of sale and the consumption of healthy options; visible and accessible.

4. Education. Train adults in nutrition to teach healthy habits to children dictate food education and antibullying in the clbadrooms, improve school canteen feeding, restore drinking fountains in schools, regulate kiosks and organize active leisure activities.

5. Marketing. Promote a healthy environment and regulate the promotion of foods and behaviors, diets, treatments, models of beauty contradicting a healthy goal.

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Making food a state policy such as the one created by Dr. Pedro Escudero, father of nutrition in Argentina, remains difficult if you do not create a National Institute of Nutrition or do not feel all the sectors involved in Table. If this is not achieved, universal coverage will only be one way to mitigate the negative effects of a diet devoid of deep and committed policy to guide it.

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