Discussion panel: Healthy diets for a better nutrition

Share experiences in healthy diets and nutrition and policies to address food insecurity and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) faces significant challenges to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms. The trend of increasing prevalence of hunger and food insecurity evidenced since 2014 came to a halt. Between 2021 and 2022, the prevalence of hunger decreased in the region from 7.0% to 6.5%, and the prevalence of food insecurity also decreased from 40.3% to 37.5%, being higher than the global prevalence and pre-pandemic levels.

In 2022, there was an overweight prevalence of 8.6% in children under 5 years of age, and an adult obesity rate of 24.2%. Both figures show an upward trend, above world averages. These data are worrying and affect people of all income levels, both in rural and urban areas.

On the other hand, in 2019, LAC recorded a prevalence of anemia in women between 15 and 49 years of age of 17.2% below the global prevalence (29.9%). However, the Caribbean subregion has a higher prevalence of anemia than the average for the region (29.2%). As for exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life, in 2021, the region presented prevalences below the global estimate (42.6% vs. 47.7%).

More information:
https://www.fao.org/americas/events/event-detail/conversatorio-dietas-saludables/en

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