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TORRES, Mario et al. Nutrition, basis of the sustainable development for the Andrés Eloy Blanco municipality Lara State. An Venez Nutr [online]. 2008, vol.21, n.2, pp.101-109. ISSN 0798-0752.

In the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality (AEBM), Lara State, malnutrition is not perceived as a public health problem, although it was the municipality where: the first case of Kwashiorkor was described, the first center for nutritional recovery was founded and the locality in Venezuela where the First National Conference on Nutrition in Primary Assistance took place. There, several institutions were developing nutritional programs on their own. The Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado” (UCLA) joined together their efforts forming an interinstitutional health team for the AEBM, which designed the project: nutrition, basis of the sustainable development for the AEBM whose aim is to reach the sustainable development of the AEBM by using the nutrition as a base for that development. The backgrounds of its foundation is presented as well as the goals reached by the project in the promotion of the sustainable development of the municipality by the integration and participation of communities, the UCLA and other institutions in the cooperative working. A joint diagnosis is made, it is prioritized, a problem is chosen and a community project is made, monitoring its development until the problem is solved. The project: Nutrition, basis of the sustainable development for the AEBM, solves health problems by team work, community participation and integration, producing changes in the lifestyles of the population and improving the quality of live of the participating communities.

Palavras-chave : Nutrition; sustainable development; team work; community participation; community project; Lara state.