'#Obesity #Nutrition #UnhealthyDiets #Chronic #diseases #Malnutrition #FoodSystems. For more information: https://ncdalliance.org/why-ncds/ncd-prevention/healthy-diets Mexico has among the highest prevalence of diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and obesity in the world. Around three-quarters of people in Mexico live with overweight or obesity, including one-third of all children. Diet-related conditions such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension are rising in prevalence. Mexico has been taking big steps to improve health by reducing the high prevalence of largely preventable diseases like obesity, type 2 diabetes and some cancers. But the government and health NGOS have faced fierce challenges from the big businesses behind the products making people sick. As the pandemic took hold in 2020, and world leaders debated the crisis, the Mexican Minister of Health drew attention to how neglecting to prevent NCDs had made the world’s people more vulnerable to the virus. Health authorities urged Mexicans to transition into healthier diets and habits to reduce the COVID-19 burden. Yet the junk food industry continues to operate in spite of the government’s efforts, using the pandemic food crisis to put high sugar, salt and fat foods into children’s hands as much as possible with no regard as to the harmful impact of these foods which are contributing to obesity and other NCDs like type 2 diabetes So while the Mexican federal government persists with effective soda tax, they also continued to strengthen the package with strong front of pack labelling and trans fat elimination to create healthier environments for the people of Mexico. “The tax on sugar sweetened beverages in Mexico is projected to prevent 239,900 instances of obesity, of which almost 40% would be among children.” But impatient for Federal regulations to come into force and be implemented, Congress in the region of Oaxaca went a step further, voting to ban the sale of junk food to children altogether and placing the control of purchasing into the hands of parents. The law, Ley Anti Charra, applies to commercial outlets, schools and vending machines. Enforcement is complex, but there is strong public support to defend the health of the most vulnerable population, children. One thing is for sure, with rates of obesity and diet related NCDs rising rather in most countries, more must take bigger, braver steps like Mexico to fix food systems and protect children from food and drinks making us all sick.'
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