Mexico Calls for Traditional Diet to Fight Obesity La Prensa
go to original October 6, 2013

Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Policy Program in Mexico City, comments on how Mexico's obese population has rapidly increased over the years. (cctvamericasnow)

MEXICO CITY - Mexico can deal with the high levels of diabetes and obesity among its people by returning to its traditional cuisine, experts told Efe.

"The rupture of the system and the traditional Mexican diet" is at the root of these health problems, Mexican Cultural Gastronomy Conservatory president Gloria Lopez Morales said.

Diabetes and obesity are "nutritional problems," Lopez said.

The traditional diet in Mexico, which ranks No. 1 in the world in childhood obesity and No. 2 in adult obesity, was based on a balanced mix of foods rich in nutrients, vitamins, protein and minerals, the conservatory president said.

Mexico's traditional diet was not "fully vegetarian," but it was based on foods grown in the countryside, Lopez said.

About 70 percent of Mexico's people are obese or overweight, the United Nations said in a recent report.

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