Estado de la seguridad alimentaria en América Latina y el Caribe: desafíos y propuesta de acciones

Date18 November 2024
Author
Estudios del Desarrollo Social: Cuba y América Latina
https://revistas.uh.cu/revflacso
Estudios del Desarrollo Social: Cuba y América Latina
RPNS 2346 ISSN 2308-0132
Vol. 12, No. Especial 1, 2024
Estado de la seguridad alimentaria en América Latina y el Caribe:
desafíos y propuesta de acciones
State of Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges
and Proposed Actions
Jaime Ysrael Salazar Zuloeta Luis Arturo Montenegro Camacho
Universidad César Vallejo, Perú Universidad César Vallejo, Perú
jsalazarzu@ucvvirtual.edu.pe mcamachola@ucvvirtual.edu.pe
Amado Fernández-Cueva Máryuri García González
Universidad Cesar Vallejo, Perú Universidad de La Habana, Cuba
fcuevaa@ucvvirtual.edu.pe maryuri@rect.uh.cu
Fecha de enviado: 27/07/2023
Fecha de aprobado: 02/09/2023
RESUMEN: Para cualquier ciudadano del mundo acceder a una alimentación sana y nutritiva es un derecho
fundamental; sin embargo, en América Latina y el Caribe más de 50 millones de personas padecen
inseguridad alimentaria y 1 de cada 10 pobladores sufre de hambre. El objetivo de este artículo fue analizar el
estado de la seguridad alimentaria en la región y examinar los efectos perniciosos de la inseguridad
alimentaria. Se identifica el estado de las cuatro dimensiones de seguridad alimentaria en los países de la
región, tratando de comprender las causas del hambre en América Latina y el Caribe y, de otro lado, examinar
las consecuencias sociales y económicas de la malnutrición, en especial respecto al sobrepeso y obesidad
como condiciones que predisponen a las enfermedades cardiometabólicas como hipertensión arterial y
diabetes mellitus que tienen un serio impacto económico y social sobre todo en países más pobres. Aunque
todavía contamos con una sociedad resiliente, sostenemos que persiste una aparente indiferencia de los
Estados de la región para reconocer a la inseguridad alimentaria como el daño más importante que debería
prevenirse y resolverse.
PALABRAS CLAVE: inseguridad alimentaria; hambre; malnutrición; seguridad alimentaria.
ABSTRACT: For any citizen of the world, access to healthy and nutritious food is a fundamental right;
However, in Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 50 million people suffer from food insecurity and 1 in
10 inhabitants suffers from hunger. The objective of this article was to analyze the state of food security in the
region and to examine the pernicious effects of food insecurity. The status of the four dimensions of food
security in the countries of the region is identified, trying to understand the causes of hunger in Latin America
and the Caribbean and, on the other hand, examining the social and economic consequences of malnutrition,
especially with respect to to overweight and obesity as conditions that predispose to cardiometabolic diseases
such as arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus that have a serious economic and social impact, especially
in poorer countries. Although we still have a resilient society, we maintain that there is an apparent indifference
on the part of the States of the region to recognize food insecurity as the most important da mage that should
be prevented and resolved.
KEYWORDS: food insecurity, hunger, malnutrition, food security.

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