What Brazil's dietary guidelines can teach us about healthy eating

By Paula Goodyer
Updated May 18 2015 - 10:28am, first published April 20 2015 - 7:31am
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.
Don't snack on the run: Brazilians tend to sit down and enjoy their meals.

See the word "Brazilian' and a few things spring to mind: waxing, beach bodies and the muscle on a footballer's thigh. But what about obesity? Like us, Brazil is fighting the battle of the bulge, with almost half its population estimated to be overweight or obese and, like us, has produced dietary guidelines to encourage people to eat better.