“While Chiapas is the biggest consumer of Coke, overweight is a health issue across the country. According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Surveys in 2021, over 37% of Mexican school age children were overweight or obese.”
Louisa Rogers, Writer
Despite the best efforts of the government, Mexico remains a fat country — but why?
The bottler is responding to a federal government campaign aimed at improving the health of Mexico’s young students and lowering the rate of overweight children.
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Chicharrones, hot dogs and juice boxes are a few of the items that will no longer be welcome in Mexican public and private schools.
