Latin America and Caribbean children’s right to nutritious food

2 April 2018 | Newsletter Edition
Desafíos Seguridad Alimentaria

The second issue of the Challenges newsletter, which came out in 2006, focused on the right to food of the children of Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue returns to that subject but approaches it from a different angle, with the emphasis now being on all forms of malnutrition rather than solely on undernutrition. This shift in emphasis reflects changes in the type of food supply accessible to children in the region. The lead article offers a thoughtful analysis that, in addition to recognizing the significant inroads in this respect that have been made in Latin America and the Caribbean, underscores the development challenges posed by undernutrition, overweight and obesity among children—challenges that have yet to be addressed by the region’s societies. Chile’s experience with the reduction of undernutrition and its efforts to meet the challenges now being posed by child obesity are discussed in the “Viewpoints” section. In the “Learning from experience” section, the discussion turns to human milk banks, efforts to improve nutrition in rural schools in El Salvador and the introduction of a tax on the consumption of sugary beverages in Mexico.

Article selection

Malnutrición en niños y niñas en América Latina y el Caribe
2 April 2018 | Insights

Malnutrition among children in Latin America and the Caribbean

Proper nutrition is a fundamental element in the realization of children’s right to enjoy the highest attainable level of physical and mental health.

Experiencia chilena  reducción desnutrición desafíos actuales obesidad
2 April 2018 | Insights

La experiencia chilena en la reducción de la desnutrición y desafíos actuales frente a la obesidad

Chile is one of the few countries in the world that succeeded in eradicating undernutrition between the 1960s and the 1980s. It did so by managing to apply well-designed policies on maternal and…

Experiencia chilena  reducción desnutrición desafíos actuales obesidad
2 April 2018 | Insights

La experiencia chilena en la reducción de la desnutrición y desafíos actuales frente a la obesidad

Chile is one of the few countries in the world that succeeded in eradicating undernutrition between the 1960s and the 1980s. It did so by managing to apply well-designed policies on maternal and…

2 April 2018 | Briefing note

Human milk banks

Breast milk is the best food for infants. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommend exclusive breastfeeding from the first hour of life until at least 6 months of age.

Number

21

Publication type

Challenges Newsletter

Editorial commitee

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF TACRO)

Editorial Committee:
ECLAC:
Laís Abramo, Jorge Rodríguez, Daniela Trucco

UNICEF: Catalina Gómez, Andrés López

General Coordination: Daniela Trucco, Daniela Huneeus

Contributors: Ignacio Carrasco, Stefano Fedele, Susana Guzmán, Gladys Hauck, Rodrigo Martinez, Amalia Palma, Claudia Robles, Heidi Ullmann.

 

Challenges
Number 21, April 2018
ISSN electronic version 1816-7535

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