Nutrition

How has the pandemic affected the diets of adolescents and youth in the region?, This was one of the questions that motivated a rapid regional poll that amplified the voices of 8,949 adolescents and young people aged 13 to 29 from different countries and territories. The poll was conducted between July and August 2020 through U-Report, a platform that encourages the participation of adolescents and young people in issues that…, How has the pandemic affected the physical activity of adolescents and youth in the region?, U-Reporters also mentioned a decrease in physical activity. 52% reported that they were less physically active compared to pre-pandemic times. While 33% reported no physical activity and 25% were less than one hour per week physically active. In the other hand, only 7% did practice more than 6 hours per week of physical activity.  Banner Physical…, Recommendations from participating U-reporters to world and national leaders  , In the face of these difficulties, adolescents and youth shared their recommendations on what world and national leaders should do to ensure good nutrition for all during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The following are the most common recommendations: Increase and improve the quality of nutrition education. Reduce prices of healthy products.…, UNICEF responds to participating U-reporters, Banner Recommendations for a healthy life Banner Start the day rigth by always having breakfast UNICEF LACRO Banner Consume fruits and vegetables daily UNICEF LACRO Banner Turn off the screen UNICEF LACRO Banner Not sure how to start exercising? UNICEF LACRO In response to the demands for information and proposals, UNICEF will share a series of…, Do you want to receive the recommendations?, Access these links: Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/ailn4snk WhatsApp: https://tinyurl.com/1wjoig0h The results are a call to increase access to healthy products and a nutritious and balanced diet; in addition to strengthening opportunities for physical activity during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is upending life for families around the world. As schools and childcare centres close, many parents are finding themselves stuck at home for most of the day juggling childcare, full-time work and other competing responsibilities. Figuring out “What’s for dinner?” can be yet another daily challenge.   …, 5 healthy eating tips , 1. Keep up fruit and vegetable intake Purchasing, storing and cooking fresh vegetables can be challenging in a lockdown, especially when parents are advised to limit trips outside of the home. But wherever possible, it’s important to ensure children are still getting plenty of fruit and vegetables in their diet. Whenever it is possible to get hold…, Food hygiene tips during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, While at present there is no evidence of food or food packaging being associated with the transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it may be possible that people can become infected by touching a surface or object contaminated by the virus and then touching their face. The higher risk though, comes from being in close contact with other…

NEW YORK/ROME, 28 January 2021 – More than 39 billion in-school meals have been missed globally since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic due to school closures, according to a new report released today by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti and the World Food Programme (WFP). COVID-19: Missing More Than a Classroom notes that 370 million…

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, 2 December 2020 - A new United Nations report shows the territorial inequality of malnutrition in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Regional Overview of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020  (in Spanish) analyzes child overweight and stunting in the countries of the region, and…

Chancol, Guatemala, 15 October 2020 – Although Erick Samuel lives in the middle of a mountainous area two hours from the departmental capital and seven hours from the national capital city, reaching this young, 20-month-old boy is a matter of life and death. Erick Samuel is one of the many children suffering malnutrition in Huehuetenango, a…, Joining forces, The pandemic and isolation made accessing health services even more challenging for certain populations, added to the fact that many health professionals had to focus on the health crisis and leave other duties unattended. Hence, while the country was paralyzed by a curfew, UNICEF decided to join forces with the government in the active search of…, Looking to the future, To ensure that all of this information has a real impact in the community, the brigades seek to involve different actors, such as the local Community Council for Development - which brings together local leaders - the ministries of Public Health and Food, Agriculture, and Livestock, and the Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security. The work is…, KEY FIGURES:, Thirteen brigades visited 13,433 children under the age of 5 in the department of Huehuetenango in Guatemala. In Guatemala, 1 in every 2 children suffers chronic malnutrition. So far in 2020, a total of 20,924 children under the age of five with acute malnutrition have been counted. 2019 statistics for the same period count 11,087 cases - nearly…

New York, USA, and Bagsværd, Denmark, 20 November 2019 – Novo Nordisk and UNICEF announced a new partnership today to help prevent childhood overweight and obesity worldwide with an initial focus on interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Under this partnership, the United Nations children’s agency and the global healthcare company will…

November 12, 2019, Santiago de Chile - The prevalence of adult obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean has tripled since 1975, affecting one in four adults in a region where hunger has grown once again, reaching 42.5 million people, according to a new United Nations report issued today, the Panorama of Food and Nutritional Security 2019. The…

Foto NdP Alianza Novo Nordisk-UNICEF On World Children’s Day 2019 20 November 2019, Novo Nordisk and UNICEF announced an ambitious and collaborative multi-million-dollar global partnership to address the global childhood obesity crisis. UNICEF is broadening its programmatic focus on the prevention of childhood overweight and obesity in children…

Their numbers are worryingly high. Globally, one in three children under the age of 5 is stunted, wasted or overweight and, in some cases suffers from a combination of two of these forms of malnutrition. In Latin America and the Caribbean it is almost one in five. Undernutrition continues to affect tens of millions of children. Its presence is…

Poverty, urbanization, climate change and poor eating choices are driving unhealthy diets that are physically impacting almost 9 million children under five in the region NEW YORK/PANAMA, 15 October 2019 – An alarmingly high number of children under five years of age are suffering from the physical consequences of poor diets and a food system that…

4%, misleading figure for global acute malnutrition in Haiti. Because this relatively low statistic hides disparities between departments. The most remote areas such as South-East department, have rates twice the national average. In Mare-Briole, an isolated locality, too many children suffer from malnutrition. ++++ A sea mist falls on the green…

As soon as 1-year old Aleuzenev arrives at the CEBAF -the main border crossing with Ecuador, located in Tumbes, Peru- her mother Joselin takes her to the UNICEF-supported Health and Nutrition tent, where staff specialized in children under 5 check her conditions. After the evaluation, Joselin breathes in peace: health staff tell her that the baby’…