{"id":2450,"date":"2018-11-09T04:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2018-11-09T04:23:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T04:23:28","slug":"hunger-and-obesity-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-compounded-by-inequality-un-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2018\/11\/09\/hunger-and-obesity-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-compounded-by-inequality-un-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean compounded by inequality: UN report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the launch of the 2018\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/americas\/noticias\/ver\/en\/c\/1161235\/\">Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security<\/a>\u00a0report in Santiago, Chile, FAO\u2019s Regional Representative, Julio Berdegue said it was an \u201cappalling\u201d threat to health overall, affecting women and indigenous groups the most.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Panorama<\/em>, published annually by FAO, the Pan American Health Organization\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paho.org\/hq\/index.php?lang=en\">(PAHO)<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"word-link\" title=\"United Nations Children\u2019s Fund\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nations Children\u2019s Fund<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\">(UNICEF)<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a class=\"word-link\" title=\"World Food Programme\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.wfp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Food Programme<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www1.wfp.org\/\">(WFP)<\/a>, explores strategies to halt the health threats posed by hunger and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to the report, hunger, malnutrition, lack of micronutrients, and obesity largely affect lower income families, women, indigenous communities, Afro-descendants and rural families.<\/p>\n<p>Principle causes of malnutrition amongst the most vulnerable, can be traced back to changes the food systems have experienced in the region, from production to consumption. With a greater strain on the demand for nutrient-rich food like milk and meats, many resort to less costly options which are often higher in fat, sugar and salt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObesity is growing uncontrollably,\u201d Mr. Berdegue said.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Cristina Perceval, who serves at the regional director for UNICEF in the region, said stunting correlates closely to inequality and poverty levels, and being chronically overweight \u201cis also increasingly affecting the poorest children,\u201d highlighting that lower income families have unequal access to healthy diets.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity has become the greatest threat to Latin America and the Caribbean when it comes to nutritional health conditions. Nearly one in four adults are obese and more than seven percent of children below the age of five are overweight\u2014higher than the global average of 5.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>To address the exacerbation of hunger and obesity, a \u201cmultispectoral approach is needed,\u201d Director of PAHO\/WHO, Carissa Etienne said, adding that the solution requires addressing social factors just as well as water quality and access to health services.<\/p>\n<p>In response to growing malnutrition, partner authors on the report call on countries to implement public policies that combat inequality while promoting health and sustainable food systems.<\/p>\n<p>Source: UN News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the launch of the 2018\u00a0\u00a0Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security\u00a0report in Santiago, Chile, FAO\u2019s Regional Representative, Julio Berdegue said it was an \u201cappalling\u201d threat to health overall, affecting women and indigenous groups the most. The Panorama, published annually by FAO, the Pan American Health Organization\u00a0(PAHO), the\u00a0United Nations Children\u2019s Fund\u00a0(UNICEF), and the\u00a0World Food Programme\u00a0(WFP), explores strategies to halt the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2018\/11\/09\/hunger-and-obesity-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-compounded-by-inequality-un-report\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions\/2452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}