Healthy menus fight obesity

• May 1, 2024

The obesity and the overweight are a public health problem in the world, which can be prevented with a feeding balanced and with the practice of exercise . For this reason, the Health Secretary Federal District will offer recommendations to restaurants, to include a healthier menu and avoid these diseases .

As part of the campaign Traffic light of the feeding , brochures will be distributed to the population, where they will be informed how they can calculate your body mass index , some advice on physical activity , energy needs in children and adults, as well as suggestions for a better hydration , in which soft drinks and sweetened drinks are the least recommended.

The health secretary of the capital, Armando Ahued , said that it is intended to educate the population ... "We are convinced that these actions are the only ones that can take us forward. The challenge is very big. To all those who sell food, we are going to ask them to help us spread the word, "because with these materials we want people to learn how to decide the benefits of their health.

According to information published by the Excélsior.com.mx, the Federal District is placed in the first place, in the world of cities, with problems of obesity childish; more than 70% of the diseases that the adult population suffers (diabetes , hypertension and renal insufficiency , etc.) were detonated with the overweight . The only vaccine for that epidemic , call obesity Y overweight , is education in health and education in food.

On the other hand, obesity and the overweight who suffer most of the capital will take at least two generations to reverse, he warned Rafael Álvarez Cordero , President of the Consultative Council for the Fight against Obesity in Mexico City .

The actions undertaken by the local government, through the Ministry of Health together with the private initiative and the citizens themselves, will not have immediate effects, but not because they are inefficient, but because human morphology takes time to change, explained the official.

"The efforts are aimed primarily at stopping it, not increasing further, and then looking for people's weight reduction, which will take time and the results will be long-term," said Alvarez Cordero.

According to figures from the Ministry of Health of Mexico City, 65% of the adult population in the capital is obese ; In addition, 30% of children and young people already have this condition, so the campaigns are directed towards them.

The specialist said that as people become aware of the type of food they have and the need for exercise , the situation will change.

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