La preocupación por el problema del hambre y la alimentación no es nueva en la historia. Ya en el siglo XIX fue objeto de estudio y desde hace varias décadas concita la atención en el campo de las políticas y de la comunidad internacional. A partir de la Conferencia Internacional sobre Nutrición (Roma, 1992) y la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación (Roma, 1996), dicha preocupación ha ido adquiriendo cada vez más relevancia. Pese a ello, y a la luz de los antecedentes de distintas fuentes, todavía hoy las deudas pendientes en América Latina y el Caribe son enormes. Al año 2002, existían 221 mi…
The current nutritional situation of Latin America and the Caribbean is another indicator of its social inequalities. With food production currently tripling the energy requirements of the population, there are 53 million people who have no access to sufficient food, whereas 7 percent of children under five have low weight and 16 percent have low height per age.
In this way, the characteristics shown by the nutritional profile of the Latin American and Caribbean population are not random but a reflection of the great income inequalities and of the insufficient relevance given to food and nutri…
Food insecurity and hunger are closely associated with extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, but they should not be confused with it. A diet which is insufficient for leading a normal life and is also inadequate from a nutritional point of view affects not only those living in conditions of extreme poverty but also broader sectors and groups living in particular areas or regions of each country. Among the forms of deprivation affecting those living in a state of extreme poverty, however, the lack of access to food is the most serious problem and that which it is most urgent to er…
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