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Regional Overview of Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean

Towards healthier food environments that address all forms of malnutrition

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Santiago, Chile ;

Pages 136 p.

Author FAO, RAHO, WFP, UNICEF

Publisher FAO, PAHO, WFP and UNICEF ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-132446-2

Series title Latin America and the Caribbean – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition

Series number 12

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Latin America and the Caribbean managed to reduce the number of undernourished by 20 million compared to the year 2000. However, 2018 marks the fourth consecutive year in which hunger shows a continuous increases. Moderate or severe food insecurity in Latin America increased considerably. This increase caused more than 32 million people to join the almost 155 million who lived in food insecurity in the Region in 2014-2016. The Region has shown significant progress in reducing child malnutrition and it is significantly distant and below the global prevalence of malnutrition in girls and boys. However, malnutrition due to excessive weight in the Region is one of the highest in the world and it continues to increase. This year, the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean focuses on food environments and describes some of the main policies that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are developing to face the different forms of malnutrition.

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FAO, PAHO, WFP and UNICEF. 2019. Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020. Santiago.

https://doi.org/10.4060/ca6979en

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