Health · Fitness & Nutrition · 2 hrs ago
Argentine experts urge shared meals to help shape young people’s eating habits
Experts in Argentina are promoting recommendations on food and mealtimes for children and teenagers aged 2 to 17.
The initiative, called NutreAR, aims to adapt guidance to the needs of different ages.
Its foundations were presented at the Argentine Congress of Pediatric Nutrition, organized by the Argentine Society of Pediatrics.
The recommendations cover food choices and amounts, as well as habits, lifestyle and children’s relationship with food.
Sharing meals can help young people try new foods by watching family members, friends or other adults eat them.
Experts say one shared meal a day may help, including meals with friends rather than only with family.
The recommendations aim to support varied eating habits instead of a narrow range of foods.
Argentine experts are promoting shared meals as part of guidance to shape eating habits among people aged 2 to 17.
The NutreAR initiative covers food choices and quantities as well as children’s relationship with food, habits and lifestyle.
Experts say children can become familiar with new foods by watching family members and peers eat.
Infobae editorial director Daniela Blanco said sharing meals with family or friends is more valuable than eating alone.
The recommendations’ foundations were presented at the 9th Argentine Congress of Pediatric Nutrition, organized by the Argentine Society of Pediatrics.
- Who
- Argentine experts, including professionals from PROFENI, are promoting the recommendations. Infobae editorial director Daniela Blanco discussed them.
- What
- The NutreAR initiative proposes recommendations on food and shared meals for people aged 2 to 17.
- When
- The foundations were presented at the 9th Argentine Congress of Pediatric Nutrition. The article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Argentina.
- Why
- To adapt eating guidance to different stages of development and help shape children’s eating habits.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The foundations of the recommendations were presented at the congress organized by the Argentine Society of Pediatrics.
Infobae published Daniela Blanco’s discussion of shared meals and the recommendations.
- Age range
- 2 to 17 years
- Initiative
- NutreAR
- Experts’ group
- PROFENI, Professionals in Child Nutrition
- Congress
- 9th Argentine Congress of Pediatric Nutrition
- Article publication
- October 12, 2026
What people are saying
It is much more interesting to have dinner with family or friends than to have dinner alone
With children, it is very important to create habits and see what dad, an uncle or a sibling eats
Young people, this happens a lot from fourteen, fifteen, make themselves a little tray and go to their room to watch TV and eat
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