To improve healthy diets y 20% in families that participate of the diabetes project until 2022

Indigenous food systems for healthy diets

FILAC is committed to promoting healthy eating habits through traditional foods by means of actions in three countries. To this end, a rapid participatory diagnosis of the food situation in the identified communities will be carried out, along with an analysis of their current food habits. Based on the data collected, healthy, locally produced foods that should be incorporated into diets will be identified. After that, four municipal nurseries and/or greenhouses will be established as gardens featuring different varieties and plants that make up the basis of indigenous peoples’ diets. At the same time, work will be done to identify various recipes that combine traditional foods with others that are easy to produce and prepare in the environmental conditions where the actions are implemented. There will also be workshops on indigenous gastronomy and the recovery of good food practices and traditional medicine with local production. Additionally, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the intervention area will be assessed.