Overview

• SEP Secretary Mario Delgado Carrillo called on school communities and parents via social media to understand front-of-pack warning labels on processed foods.
• Labels feature five octagonal seals for excess calories, sugars, fats and sodium plus two precautionary legends for sweeteners and caffeine.
• Delgado Carrillo stressed turning label reading into a conscious, everyday practice to reinforce a prevention culture among children and adolescents.
• SEP’s Vida Saludable program restricts junk food sales in school cooperatives to tackle Mexico’s highest-in-the-world childhood obesity rate.
• The 'Vive Saludable, Vive Feliz' campaign led by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo aims to embed lasting healthy eating habits through coordinated home and school education.