Today, March 4, is "World Obesity Day". World Obesity Day, born in 2015 with the aim of raising awareness and encouraging everyone to prevent what has now become a real sanitary emergency. Obesity affects 800 million people worldwide, including 38 million children. In Italy by age 8, 39% of children are overweight and 17% are obese. Numbers that worry scholars.
It is essential to underline that if obesity is not treated in childhood, in 70-80% of cases it will continue into adulthood. This pathology is a precursor of cardiovascular diseases, tumors and diabetes and it also has repercussions on a psychological and psychiatric level.
How to prevent childhood obesity?
It is necessary to prevent this pathology starting from health education in schools, the ideal place to teach children what healthy food choices are and what behaviors put their health at risk. It is essential to make them understand that thehealthy eating and physical activity they walk hand in hand, they represent the best strategy for prevent overweight and obesity.
La Mediterranean diet, rich in foods of plant origin, is excellent ally in the fight against obesity, as it involves a low consumption of fish, eggs, dairy products and meat and the use of olive oil as the main source of fat.
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