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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 11 October 2018
Bursting at the seams: Mexico’s growing obesity problem
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 11 September released its State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2018, which shows that in 2016, 24.3m adults (people of 18 years of age and above) in Mexico were obese, up from 20.5m in 2012. Other sources paint a similarly grim picture. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 32.4% of Mexico’s population of 15 years of age and above is considered obese, and the OECD estimates that this could increase to 40% of the population by 2030. Crucially, obesity is a key risk factor for chronic diseases, such as heart disease and diabetes, which are Mexico’s two main causes of death.
