Urgent actions
Through drawings, the children and young people described some urgent recommendations to solve the problems of child malnutrition: Promote more knowledge about Nutrition through lectures in schools, communities, churches, and other places, an action to be developed by nutritionists and community intervention activists; The government should help families increase their purchasing power by lowering the prices of main food products in the markets, improving roads for transporting products from rural areas, and providing agricultural materials; Improve medical assistance so that people can includ
... Read moree healthy foods containing elements like iron, calcium, vitamins, etc., in their diet; Improve access to potable water and basic sanitation; Create community centers or spaces for solidarity activities, such as community kitchens; Provide proper monitoring of malnourished children and others to prevent extreme cases of malnutrition; Ensure that agencies responsible for inspecting commercialized food are more active to prevent degraded food from reaching our tables; Revisit the issue of school meals, as they have helped with the applicability and assimilation of children. Read less
