6 March 2018, Montego Bay/Rome--- For the first time ever, all 33 countries of the region are attending the three-day 35th FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean. Worldwide, some 1.9 billion adults are overweight and 650 million obese, according to FAO’s data. The situation is especially worrying in Latin America, where 96 million adults are obese.

Latin America and the Caribbean set an example when, in 2015, it became the first region in the World to achieve the two international hunger-reduction goals. Despite the setback, countries should continue crafting more inclusive social, economic and productive policies, and on legal frameworks and governance systems necessary to assure progress towards food security for all.