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Undernourishment in LAC

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

43.2 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from undernourishment in 2022 (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Undernourishment in Haiti

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

With a 45% prevalence of undernourishment, Haiti faced a food crisis in 2022, affecting 5.1 million people with a lack of access to basic foods (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Food Insecurity South America

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

With 36.4% of its population, South America faced a worrying situation of moderate or severe food insecurity during 2022 (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Gender and Food Insecurity

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

At 9.6% in 2022, the gender gap in the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in South America reflected significant inequalities in access to food between men and women (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Childhood overweight in LAC

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

4.2 million children under 5 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean were overweight in 2022, with 3 million in South America, 1 million in Mesoamerica, and 200,000 in the Caribbean (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Wasting prevalence

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

At 1.4% in 2022, the prevalence of wasting in Latin America and the Caribbean was notably lower than the global estimate of 6.8% (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Overweight in Trinidad and Tobago

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

8.3% increase in the prevalence of childhood overweight in Trinidad and Tobago in the last two decades (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es

Obesity in adults

19/04/2024 Go to Evidence

More than 10% increase in adult obesity was recorded in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Haiti between 2000 and 2016 (FAO et al., 2023).

FAO et al. (2023)

FAO, FIDA, OPS, PMA y UNICEF. 2023. América Latina y el Caribe - Panorama regional de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición 2023: Estadísticas y tendencias. Santiago. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8514es