Skinny Queen Letizia is named the UN's Special Ambassador for NUTRITION as she highlights the benefits of a traditional Mediterranean diet
- Spanish Queen was appointed during special ceremony in Rome on Friday
- The 42-year-old turned heads last month with her very slim physique
- Urged governments around the world to act and address world hunger
The super-skinny Queen of Spain has been named a Special Ambassador for Nutrition by the UN today.
Queen Letizia was appointed during a special ceremony in Rome following her work campaigning hunger and malnutrition across the world - and said she will use her new role to highlight the benefits of a Mediterranean diet.
The 42-year-old, who is married to King Felipe VI of Spain, turned heads during a state visit to Honduras last month where she was photographed wearing a tiny black dress, showing off her slender figure.
Queen Letizia was appointed a UN Special Ambassador for Nurtrition during a special ceremony in Rome on Friday. She said she will use her new role to highlight the benefits of a Mediterranean diet
Queen Letizia of Spain, centre, meeting Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez (L) and Honduran First Lady Ana Garcia de Hernandez, showing off her decidely slim frame at a state reception last month
As a Special Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, she will now raise awareness of global hunger and help drive support around the world to help the problem.
Calling the Mediterranean diet 'the best example of healthy and sustainable eating', she used her first address as an ambassador to urge for 'collective action' from businesses, governments and individuals around the world to end malnutrition around the world.
'In this day and age, we have the technical capacity to produce healthy food in sufficient quantities for all. Therefore what we must do is mobilize the will,' she said, adding. 'We need everyone on board.'
The Queen, who has two daughters, also stressed the critical need of ensuring good nutrition for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and for young children during the first years of life.
Queen Letizia, pictured after giving her first address as a Special Ambassador in Rome today, where she urged 'collective action from governments, businesses and individuals around the world to end hunger
The Mediterranean diet, says Queen Letizia, is 'the best example of healthy and sustainable eating'
Queen Letizia pictured with her husband King Felipe VI. The pair have two daughters and the Queen has stressed the critical need for expectant mothers and young children to receive the proper nutrition
The FAO estimates that 795 million people around the world experience chronic undernourishment - while obesity rates go up in middle to high income countries.
'We are fully confidently that her majesty will help those who most need it break the vicious cycle of chronic hunger and malnutrition,' said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.
'Eradication of hunger and malnutrition can and should be the greatest legacy we leave to humanity. Let us make that a reality.'
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