“…Secondly, we would like to address the challenge of preventing and dealing with all forms of childhood malnutrition: hunger, malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, early weaning, and overweight. The commentators 2,3,4,6 offered some suggestions to deal with this challenge: synergistic and convergent intersectoral public policies, which combine structure measures with responses to immediate needs and which confront the predatory practices of large corporations, especially those linked to food systems assuming the Brazilian dietary guidelines 11,12 as guiding instruments and inducers of these public policies. We should also emphasize the centrality of policies that contribute to overcoming gender inequalities related to child care.…”