The quality of household food in 2022 should and was affected by the types of products that they had to buy to be consumed at least once.
This effect was suffered according to the Dane, 28 percent of Colombian householdsThis is hard to have a balanced diet in Colombia.
Along the same lines, according to the Food Insecurity Experience Scale presented by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) and the FAO, in 4.9 percent of households in Colombia at least one person was left without eating throughout the daydue to lack of money and other resources.
These results allow us to observe the relationship that exists between the persistence of poverty and the situation of hunger in the country.
According to the monetary poverty data registered by the Dane, 19.6 million people have a per capita income of $354,031 or lesswhile 6.1 million have an entry of less than $161,099.
Considering that the minimum wage is located at 1,160,000 pesos, a large part of the population does not earn enough to have a healthy diet.
How much does a good diet cost?
According to the healthy eating guidelines of the Colombian Institute of Family Well-being (ICBF), a balanced meal must include in different proportions: cereals, roots or tubers; fruits and vegetables; milk and milk products; meat, eggs or dried legumes; and fatty sugars. All this complemented with physical activity and water.
In this sense, the ICBF indicates that, on average, in 2023 the cost of a healthy diet per month costs $643,390 per person.
If an analysis is made by age group, the value for children between 2 and 5 years of age is $375,094; for boys and girls from 6 to 9 years old it is $464,997; and for those between the ages of 10 and 13, the cost increases to $630,295 per month.
On the other hand, for men between the ages of 14 and 17, the price of a healthy plate per month is $884,868; while for women in the same age range it is $666,094.
Regarding male adults between the ages of 18 and 59, the cost is $833,919. In the case of women, the figure remains at $666,094.
Similarly, a healthy diet for those over 60 years of age represents an expense of $625,759 per month.
