At the regional level, there has been a slight decline, but Peru has not managed to improve its food situation, meaning that more citizens can go more than a day without eating.
To date, 51.7% of Peruvians suffer from moderate or severe food insecurity, according to the recent SOFI report of the United Nations (UN).
“Severe food insecurity means that a person went without food one or more days, and moderate food insecurity means that from time to time a meal was missed or portions were missing or the money was not enough to cover their needs,” IEP researcher Carolina Trivelli told La República.
In this sense, there are more than 17 million citizens in our country who do not have access to daily food; but Peru is going against the current and worsening its food situation compared to the region – adds Trivelli – given that the report indicates that in Latin America food insecurity was reduced from 31.4% to 28.2% in 2023.
While in the Peruvian case, between 2014 and 2016, the food insecurity rate was 37.2%, now it has climbed to 51.7%.
The UN adds that obesity in the adult population rose from 18.5% in 2012 to 27.3% in 2022, while overweight in children grew from 8.1% to 9.4% in a decade.
Source: Larepublica
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