{"title":"The freedom to choose, eat, add and gain weight","authors":"D.A. Cabrera-Gaytán , M.T. Cruz-Patiño","doi":"10.1016/j.hgmx.2017.02.004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) launched a regulation for new front nutritional labelling for food and non-alcoholic beverages, recommending that consumers add up their consumptions throughout the day without exceeding a hundred percentage points. The campaign has therefore been called “Add up and do not exceed 100%”. The policy established by the Federal Government is based on assumptions that encourage consumption and will not solve the problem in depth. Following is a descriptive and critical argument against said policy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":31559,"journal":{"name":"Revista Medica del Hospital General de Mexico","volume":"81 2","pages":"Pages 102-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.hgmx.2017.02.004","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Revista Medica del Hospital General de Mexico","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0185106317300070","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2017/2/28 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Federal Commission for Protection Against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) launched a regulation for new front nutritional labelling for food and non-alcoholic beverages, recommending that consumers add up their consumptions throughout the day without exceeding a hundred percentage points. The campaign has therefore been called “Add up and do not exceed 100%”. The policy established by the Federal Government is based on assumptions that encourage consumption and will not solve the problem in depth. Following is a descriptive and critical argument against said policy.
期刊介绍:
The Medical Journal of the Hospital General de Mexico is the official organ of the Medical Society of the Hospital General de Mexico. The journal accepts articles in Spanish or in English on the field of hospital medicine. The journal publishes original articles, clinical cases, reviews articles, history notes, issues on medical education, short communications and editorials at the invitation of the Society. All articles are double blind peer reviewed by at least 2 reviewers and finally classified as accepted or rejected by the Editorial Board.