We must also stress that the food situation of this
population is still a cause for concern, as there is a
need for these changed habits to remain, in order to
avoid cardiac and metabolic diseases. This difficulty
was observed mainly in the groups with greatest time
away from the treatment, showing that one of the
major challenges is that of keeping the children and the
teenagers under accompaniment. This means a need to
draw up strategies that reinforce educational actions,
including a debate about policies and programmes
that may rescue cultural distortions, to encourage the
general population to join up with healthy practices,
thus avoiding obesity and its comorbidities.