Children's right to food

All children have the right to eat. This is what the Declaration of the Rights of the Child approved in 1959 says. However, the reality is far from the theory and nowadays this Right of children to food is violated every day in all the world. As parents, it is our responsibility to ensure compliance

All children have the right to eat. This is what the Declaration of the Rights of the Child approved in 1959 says. However, the reality is far from the theory and nowadays this Right of children to food is violated every day in all the world.

As parents, it is our responsibility to ensure compliance with these Rights, not only with respect to our children, but also on a more global level that includes all the children of the world. The right of every child to feed is not being fulfilled in developing countries, but not in our "first world". The right of children to foodAccording to the

Declaration of the Rights of the Child

, all children must be guaranteed sufficient food, accessible, durable and in healthy conditions. We know that you are not fulfilling this right that is essential for the physical and intellectual development of children. Food is vital for any child or adult. That is something we must make our children understand, as well as educate them in solidarity. That our children are more aware that food is not guaranteed for everyone can make them change theirrelation to food

better. This right to food is found in theprinciple 4

of the Rights of the child, together with other fundamental rights such as housing, recreation and adequate medical services. And if before this right was violated only in the most disadvantaged countries, today we see how it is also affecting us more closely. The problems of feeding in children What some children have left over in their diet, others lack. There are children who can not get basic food and suffer malnutrition, while other children abuse the food they have at their disposal in such a way that they end up suffering from problems of overweight and childhood obesity due to the call

'overfeeding'

.malnutrition

covers both sides of the coin. Both children who can not access their daily food, and children who abuse sugars and fats are malnourished children. And in both cases the health risks are many. The difference is that an overweight child will surely have access to adequate medical services and a malnourished child will not. What is in our hands to guarantee this right to food is to educate our children with a sense of responsibility

at the time of meals. A healthy, balanced diet without waste will teach our children that resources are limited and must be shared. This way we can make them participants in a problem that today does not affect them but millions of children around the world. Laura Vélez . Editor of Guiainfantil.com