Wednesday,
February 21, 2007
The
ANNOTICO Report
It's
a paradox that Italy, the country of the Mediterranean Diet, being
pushed hard by Nutritionists in America, needs to introduce nutritional
guidance because of advertising, consumerism and the hurry people are in,
brought about by the American Influence.
La Dolce Vita: Italians
Troppo for Tutti Fruitti
The
Age
Tom
Kington,
Italy's Health
Ministry is planning to send emergency rations of fruit into schools, hospitals
and offices after research revealed Italians are dying in their droves from
diseases linked to alcohol, smoking and processed food.
Southern regions
around
"Bad food
and smoking in the south is pushing the level of diabetes above the national
average, while the south is also catching up with the north on tumours."
Unveiling a
series of health initiatives, Health Minister Livia Turco said "killer" ailments linked to poor
lifestyle, including heart disease, tumours, diabetes
and respiratory disease, were implicated in nine out of 10 deaths in
"Rising
obesity and weight problems, a return to smoking, rising juvenile alcoholism,
bad diet and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle are now general
tendencies," she said, noting that 41 per cent of Italians undertake no
physical activity. Obesity levels have risen to 9 per cent.
Ms Turco's action plan includes promoting health education in
schools, reducing the price of fresh vegetables and encouraging the sale of
fruit from vending machines in schools, factories and
offices.
"During a
recent visit to
Ms Turco said: "It's a paradox that the country of the
Mediterranean diet needs to introduce nutritional guidance because of
advertising, consumerism and the hurry people are in."
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