According to FAO, almost 2 billion people are overweight or obese due to poor diet and sedentary lifestyles, while more than 3 billion people (almost 40% of the world's population) cannot afford a healthy per diem expenses . 

In this context, and on the occasion of World Food Day, the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition of the University of Navarra and the project "Por una comida sana tú decides", with the participation of Danone, have organized a roundtable under the slogan "Our actions are our future". The session will be held on Friday, October 15 at 12 noon at the auditorium of the Sciences Building, with entrance free until fill in capacity.

"It's a topic that challenges us all, because the food we choose and the way we consume it affects both our health and that of the entire planet," explains Professor Itziar Zazpe, one of the event's organizers. "Each of us can influence what is produced by increasing our demand for sustainably produced nutritious food and, at the same time, by being more sustainable in our daily actions, especially by reducing food waste."

Thus, in the roundtable will participate Isabel Perez, from department of Nutrition and Health of Danone, and will present the project "Feeding the change", which is carried out in partnership with Ashoka Foundation, Trilema Foundation, SEEDO, the Ministry of Education and DKV. The goal is train to encourage new generations to make healthier and more sustainable food choices starting at school, through the Education, contributing to reduce the problem of childhood obesity in Spain. 

In addition, Dr. Marta Fuentes, researcher at department of Environmental Biology of the University of Navarra, will address the challenge of sustainable food production. This is a first step in the transition towards a sustainable, healthy and local food, which has a variety of sufficient, nutritious and safe food at an affordable price for all, and in which no one is hungry or suffers from any other form of malnutrition.

Finally, Leyre Músquiz will present her work Fin de Degree of Nutrition on food waste, in line with the Proposed Bill for the Prevention of Food Loss and Waste C recently in the committee of Ministers, and designed to drastically reduce the waste of unconsumed food that ends up in the garbage and encourage its use.