The International Declaration on the Right to Nutritional Care and the fight against Malnutrition

Cartagena Declaration

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35454/rncm.v2supl1.015

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Right to Nutritional Care, Malnutrition, Right, Right to Health, Right to Food,

Abstract

 

Faced with the need to promote the right to nutritional care, to fight against malnutrition and to advance in education and research in clinical nutrition, all the FELANPE’s societies signed on May 3 during an extraordinary assembly in the city of Cartagena, the International Declaration on the Right to Nutritional Care and the fight against Malnutrition, “Declaration of Cartagena”.

The Declaration provides a coherent framework of thirteen principles which can serve as a guide for societies, schools and associations affiliated to FELANPE in the development of action plans. In addition, it will serve as an instrument to promote, through governments, the formulation of policies and legislation in the field of clinical nutrition. We believe that the general framework of principles proposed by the Declaration can contribute to raise awareness about the magnitude of this problem and to forge cooperation networks among Latin-American countries. Although this Declaration does not have a binding legal effect, it has undeniable moral force and can provide practical guidance to States. We will then be contributing to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which aim to put an end to all forms of malnutrition by 2030.

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Published

2019-12-21

How to Cite

Cardenas Braz, D., Bermúdez, C., Echeverri, S., Pérez, A., Puentes, M., Lopez, L., Toulson Davisson Correia, M. I., Ochoa, J. B., Ferreira, A. M., Texiera, M. A., Arenas, D., Arenas, H., León-Sanz, M., & Rodríguez Veintimilla, D. (2019). The International Declaration on the Right to Nutritional Care and the fight against Malnutrition: Cartagena Declaration. Journal Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, 2, 14–23. https://doi.org/10.35454/rncm.v2supl1.015

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