Increased detection and monitoring of childhood overweight

The National Directorate of CEN-CINAI is committed to increasing the number of detections and follow-up with a public health approach of children under 5 years of age in conditions of poverty and/or social risk who receive CEN-CINAI services at the national level who have an overweight nutritional status according to anthropometric indicators and the reference standards established in national regulations.

This will be achieved through the strengthening of the institutional procedure for interdisciplinary care with a public health approach, technical assistance, monitoring and follow-up of the implementation of the procedure, as well as strengthening the growth surveillance system with the acquisition and maintenance of compliance with the technical requirements established to guarantee the quality of the measurements. the modeling of the technique of taking anthropometric measurements and the implementation of data collection and analysis in the digital system.

The commitment includes specific annual allocations of funds within the allocated government budget. This commitment is aligned with the country's priorities in terms of nutrition and health, linked to the SDGs.

Progress will be reviewed every two years to ensure timely detection and follow-up through results-based strategic decision-making, as well as for accountability. These advances will be based on official reports and taking as a source of information the data accumulated annually on children with obesity detected and attended to that are registered in the Child with Malnutrition Tool.