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    FORUM: Transformation of Food Systems and the Reduction of Overweight and Obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean

     

    About this initiative

    FAO and IFPRI have identified a need for a space of exchange of knowledge and experience of experts from different sectors of public policy, academia, private sector and civil society, with expertise in the issues related to Food Systems and Obesity working in Latin America in order to help develop fact-based policy interventions to address the challenges of overweight and obesity in the region.

    The Forum for the Transformation of Food Systems and the Reduction of Overweight and Obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean was created with the objective of becoming such space, with interest of identifying the characteristics of the food systems that hinder the access to healthy foods by consumers, particularly from the poorest segments of the population, either due to the lack of physical availability and high prices of such foods, the supply of cheap and poor nutritive products or the inherent cultural or social conditions of the most vulnerable population groups, which make them live in unhealthy environments or choose unhealthy food patterns.

    The portal aims to become of repository of knowledge, by disseminating relevant literature, from reports, evaluations, official documents and academic papers. The website will also provide a bulletin board with events, workshops and meetings of interest. Items to be included can be suggested by any interested party, by filling the form here.

    Gloria Acevedo Restrepo's family in Nuevo Occidente, a massive social housing complex, of mostly displaced or forced evicted families. 18 family members live in this 70 square meter apartment given to them by the city in order to relocate the family from Moravia, a former garbage dump turned garden near the centre of the city. The family's world takes place mostly inside their apartment. The children do not play outside because the parents say it's too dangerous with speeding motorbikes and bad neighbours. The family says the city promised parks and programmes for the children, but they never came. They often miss their old neighborhood. Medellin was voted the most innovative city in the world in 2012 by the Wall Street Journal and CitiBank for its 'social urbanism' approach to transforming itself from being one of the most violent cities in the world by investing in the poorer communities. Despite all the improvements, Medellin's residents continue to be displaced from their homes by inner city drug gangs and a half century of war, the world's longest lasting current conflict. Two young girls selling apricots at the roadside shelter from the sun beneath an umbrella. Residents are served food at the newly remodeled popular restaurant that opened on 22 August 2017 serving cheap meals in Bangu. Each day it serves 750 breakfasts at a cost of R$ 0.50 (16 US Cents) and 2,500 lunches at a cost of R$ 2.00 (65 US Cents) A youth works on a fruit stall at the Zapote Farmer's Market, a popular weekly event in the nation's capital San Jose.

    Meeting report

    Meeting report from the Forum on Food Systems and Obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), San Jose, Costa Rica, June 27-28, 2018. (English version | Spanish version)

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