8 proposals to fight obesity in Mexico City

• April 24, 2024

In Mexico, 1 in 3 children between 5 and 11 years suffer from obesity. This same condition is present in 7 out of 10 adults. Our country has become the first place in obesity, a place that we can not be proud of for any reason. Even, the World Health Organization has shown its concern to the extent of proposing a state of emergency . That is why, faced with the need to take drastic measures, non-governmental organizations, in this case Power of the Consumer in voice of Alejandro Calvillo , propose 8 points to make a front against this terrible suffering that is spreading more and more every day.

1. That in all restaurants of the Federal District, diners have free access to drinking water , this regardless of whether it is a fast food establishment or with service to the table.
2. Make restaurants, on a mandatory basis, offer the caloric information Y nutrimental of all products that offer the consumer
3. Ban the use of fats Trans, in restaurants and food outlets established in the DF
4. Guarantee access to drinking water free in all shopping centers, schools, hospitals, cinemas, spaces, for games and children's parties, fairs, bus stations, and airports; as well as in public parks
5. Ensure that packages and promotions aimed at children, including gift toys, contribute fruits Y vegetables .
6. Packages aimed at children that include promotions / gifts must not exceed caloric content maximum recommended by Health Secretary for a meal.
7. Install , in agreement with the Central de Abastos, expended mobile of fruits and vegetables at low prices, in areas of the city with lack of access to these products.
8. Disseminate a permanent campaign of food orientation that provides accurate information on the various options and highlights the benefits and risks of each.

With these measures, if approved by the authorities of the Federal District, it is expected that the obesity index will be gradually reduced.

Source: UnoMásUNo

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