The Impact of COVID-19 on the Right to Food In Latin America: Insights From Uruguay

Although the right to food has been recognized as a basic human right, its full realization is far from being a reality. The measures implemented to contain the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide have led to an increase in poverty and food insecurity, posing additional challenges to the short- and long-term realization of this basic human right. The present chapter discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity in Uruguay, a high-income country in Latin America, as well as the strategies implemented in the country to improve access to food among the most vulnerable sectors of the population. Using Uruguay as a case study, the chapter intends to contribute to the identification of food policies that could contribute to the full realization of the right to food in the context of COVID-19 and beyond. © 2021 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Nutritional energy in pos COVID-19 time in Peru

The current COVID-19 pandemic is a disease that affects everyone. The Peruvian government has promoted the use of physical barriers;however, the immune system is an important defense against the virus that has not yet been motivated. The objectives were: to know the COVID-19 disease and its behavior, to know the nutritional diet of the population;to define the population at risk and to make food proposals in time of pandemic in Peru. For this, we used the information sources of scientists and science institutions. The results were: the main characteristics of the disease and its effect on the population at different ages and risk groups;described the feeding in six different regions of Peru, showing high simple carbohydrate intake and unbalanced nutritional energy, identified the nutrients of the biodiversity resources;defined the population with the risk;presented a diet for patients at home, those in critical condition and those who passed the disease;as well as general recommendations to the population that includes a comprehensive energy to achieve a healthy life. Culminates highlighting the importance of the role of the Peruvian State to promote a healthy life for the population.