Commitment

National Food Strategy

Government / Mexico

CENAPRECE

Partner organisations:
Civil society organisation (CSO) or non-governmental organisation (NGO): El Poder del Consumidor
Country government at any administrative level: SubSecretaría de Autosuficiencia Alimentaria de SADER, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO)
Multilateral organisations, including United Nations (UN) agencies: UNICEF, FAO
Commitment made: 22 Nov 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit | 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - National

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Commitment description

Mexico has made significant progress in reducing child malnutrition and is implementing innovative programs to halt the rise in levels of excess weight and obesity among children, adolescents and adults. However, the number of overweight and obese people continues to grow and the reduction in malnutrition levels has stalled, largely due to the Covid pandemic. Mexico is therefore developing a National Strategy for Healthy, Fair and Sustainable Food, with a strategic approach to nutrition based around four general areas: 1) The promotion of healthy, fair and sustainable food; 2) the structuring of agri-food chains; 3) healthy and sustainable environments; 4) food system governance. The objectives of the strategy are to: 1. Reduce the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children under five [From 13.9% in 2020 to 13.6% 2024]; 2. Halt the increase in the number of overweight and obese people in Mexico [under 5: 8.4; school-age children: 38.2; adolescents: 43.8; adults: 72.1% by 2020 to 2024: 43.8; adults: 72.1% by 2020-2024]; 3. Stop the rise in diagnoses of pre-diabetes in adults [From 10.6% in 2020 to 10.3% in 2024]

Global Nutrition Targets

Under-5 stunting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders National budget, Government of Mexico United Nations Agencies
Funding mechanism Internal and public funding Financial support from UN agencies
Cost secured Total costs partially guaranteed
Total costs estimated Not been estimated / unknown

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