A Gringa’s take on the Mexican childhood obesity crisis

The children line up impatiently, sternly reprimanded by their teacher. With blue plastic plates in their hands, they wait until they are allowed into the cafeteria of their school in Mexico City, where lunch is served by three women in aprons. The menu includes tacos with tuna salad. Because the schoolyard is too hot due to the midday sun, the children eat in their classroom. The children who have received school money from their parents quickl…

A Gringa’s take on the Mexican childhood obesity crisis

As I stood in line at a local Guanajuato supermarket, watching a boy about the age of 8 buying a three-liter bottle of Coke, I remembered the opening scene in the 2012 documentary, “Globesity” a film exploring the explosion of global obesity and how it is specifically affecting Mexico, Brazil, India and China. The scene depicts a Mother’s Day celebration at an elementary school in Chiapas, where moms, teachers and kids are chatting in the school…

Erika Méndez The Ministry of Public Education (SEP) will strengthen supervision in schools, to prevent the sale of junk food. Manuel Viveros, who said that there is a goal to work with more than 4,200 schools and 600,000 students, reported that they will make visits focused on oral health, weight, size and visual health. The post SEP will strengthen supervision against junk food appeared first on .

As of March 31, 2025, the basic education schools in Jalisco will stop selling junk food inside the campuses, that is, they will not be able to sell potatoes, soft drinks or breads within the school campuses. The Anti-Chatarra Act enters into force on March 29, but it will be effective until Monday March 31, when the children return to schools and instead of potatoes, and churritos find fruits and vegetables in the plant. Compliance with the Ant…

*The Secretary of Education, Homero Meneses, recalled that on Saturday, March 29, the ban on these products came into effect.The head of the Ministry of Public Education of the State and of the Education Services Unit of the State of Tlaxcala (SEPE-USET), Homero Meneses Hernández, reported that 100 percent of [...]

Mexico occupies the first place in obesity in the world and since October 21, 2024, the Ministry of Public Education decided that something had to be done about it: banning junk food in schools. The ban in schools This initiative is part of the reforms to improve children's health and after having been discussed in the Chamber of Deputies, it had 298 votes in favour and 58 against. The strategy seeks to completely prohibit the sale of junk food …