Health Minister Calls for Mexico Society's Participation in Fighting Obesity Agencia EFE
go to original July 15, 2016

Mexico Obesity Public Service Announcement: Our Kids Come First (Vital Strategies)

Obesity, a phenomenon in which Mexico is the world leader, depends on many factors, including portion size of the type of food consumed, as well as lack of exercise, but above all a change in the public's attitude, Health Minister Jose Narro said this week.

"The issue of obesity is a complex one, there's no single measure and no single cause that explains it, there's no single action that avoids and prevents it," Narro said in an interview with EFE after five months in the job, although this is the third time he has served in a top-level post in that ministry.

He said that "seven out of every 10 Mexicans is overweight or obese," and one in every three children suffer from those problems.

The minister said that the solution "involves a change in the diet" and "the sedentary life" of many Mexicans.

Another element in the equation that the minister stressed is the size of the meal portions on Mexican tables, a country with a rich gastronomic tradition and where people love to eat.

... In 2014, more than 94,000 Mexicans died from complications of diabetes, or "one in every seven Mexicans who died," he emphasized.

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