I just got the Spanish ed. of the book for my sister-in-law, who has been struggling mightily with her weight. I had to get it from Spain. When is it going to be available in Latin America?

Get in there! Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are epidemic, the need is desperate. Much of the population is religious & accustomed to fasting, so the leap to your diet would be not so hard as in other places. You do need to add some American foodstuffs to the tables; we have a nutritionist in the family there if you want links to data sources.

The US fast food / ad industry is doing horrendous damage there. The traditional diet is healthy, though adjusted to the needs of manual labor. TV advertising is alas doing its best to make traditional foods look old-fashioned and “too country”. It’s also wreaking havoc on household economics (sugared cereal $3.50 a box, day’s wage $7 …) When the bandits come under pressure at home they go and sell overseas, as usual.