A new accessible food model fighting hunger

This year, the currency used is "Healthy eating for a world without hunger"The reason is the high rate of malnutrition in the world: the hunger It affects more than 820 million people today. Malnutrition, with its double face of hunger, overweight and obesity, affects nearly 2 billion people who do not have access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food.

"Today, we are the results of globalization led by junk food and continuous feeding (foods high in sodium, fried sugars, low in fiber, vitamins and minerals), leaving aside the traditional dishes and season where plant-based foods predominated and high in fiber, "says nutritionist Teresa Cóccaro (MN 5705).

In Argentina, there is a 41.1% of boys and adolescents between 5 and 17 years overweight and obesityand 67.9% of adults suffer from the prevalence of being overweight. These data, obtained from the second national nutrition survey presented in September 2019, indicate that there is an unhealthy diet in the country and that malnutrition is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately, analyzes Francisco Yofre, official. Programs of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO, Argentina).

Given that children are the future generations of the country and the world, it is proposed today to focus on the first 1000 days of her diet, including pregnancy, until she is 16 years old,

– Complete and varied nutrition during pregnancy

– Cook more

– Breastfeeding on demand

– Encourage the consumption of foods that promote the development of a healthy brain, including fruits / vegetables (such as antioxidant foods) and omega 3 (fish and nuts, avocado).

– Control of salt and sugar (start at an early age to avoid consumption)

– Encourage movement and outdoor sports or daring sports from an early age (swimming, cycling, task, hopscotch), reducing the use of technology to 2 hours a day

– Rest properly for at least 6 hours to avoid weight gain.

"It is necessary to go forward with policies, programs and regulatory frameworks that will allow us to embark on a path similar to that of other countries in the region that are today a example .By keeping in mind, according to the second survey of nutrition in Argentina, that one-third of the population read nutrition labels and only half of them understand the information, implying that less than 15% of the population understands what they read, "concludes Yofre.