The Ministry of Health (Minsa in Spanish) published Ministerial Resolution No. 764-2022, which approves the technical document “Nutritional approach for the prevention and control of overweight and obesity type I in young people, adults and older adults”.

The purpose of the technical document is to contribute to the protection of the health status of young people, adults and older adults affected and at risk of suffering from overweight or obesity type I, by establishing the technical criteria for the nutritional approach of the population affected by excess weight.