Alonso Urrutia and Emir Olivares
La Jornada newspaper
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, p. 11
The meeting of the Secretary of Public Education, Mario Delgado, with representatives of some companies that prepare products considered junk food did not have the claim to find an agreement that reversed the healthy life program, which prohibits the sale of food and drinks of low nutritional value in schools, said President Claudia Sheinbaum. He was summoned by these companies to explain the scope of the program, but There is nothing in return
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– There have been many criticisms.
– It is understood that maybe they did not like it to meet, but that it is very clear that he does not make any agreement of any kind, and in any case, the meeting was to explain the reason for the program.
Added: No, how he believes, if Coca Cola does a lot of damage. That the Coca Cola forgive me, but everything in abuse hurts! Coca Cola, you have to tell Paco Taibo (director of the Economic Culture Fund), we tell it every time, that smokes and takes Coca Cola: it hurts health
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In her conference, the president supported the head of the SEP, who has been criticized on social networks because How is it possible that if you are promoting the healthy life program, it meets with Coca Cola. There is no agreement or anything that has to do with people’s lives, nor less that of girls and boys
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Sheinbaum stressed that the healthy life program not only intends to restrict the sale of non -healthy food in schools, but also, with the collaboration of medical staff of the Mexican Social Security Institute, monitoring the weight and stature of basic education students.
In parallel, another policy is developed called your dreams, consisting of the performance of the views to the students, and in the case that require it, free glasses are given.
– Is there any interest of the government in eliminating food labeling?
-No no. There is nothing in exchange for that meeting. The labeling continues; the continuous healthy life program; The one who does not sell junk food in schools continues everything, how is it going. In any case, it was an informative meeting – the head of the Executive insisted.
