Health Observatory childhood, only 1% of children have proper diet - ANSA.it

(ANSAmed) – ROME, NOVEMBER 22 – Only 1% of Italian children following a proper diet is very high while the environmental impact of unbalanced diets: 118 m2 of land exploited to produce global a kilo of beef, more than tenfold compared to 12 m2 for the same amount of dough. Figures reduced almost to zero, 2 m2, on the other hand, for vegetables and vegetables. The notes to a study presented by the National Observatory on Childhood and Adolescent Health (Paidòss) on the occasion of the International Conference on children’s health and the environment taking place in Jerusalem. “Our goal – says the president Paidoss Giuseppe Mele – in relation to a public health action and to preserve the land for future generations and our children, is to get to contain the consequences of improper food choices and redirect styles life and food consumption patterns towards more sustainable to your health, the environment and social integrity. commitment, that of good and sound board, which must start from the chains and from farms and / or producers with a focus communication and quality of the products and also extend to the school that can play, from childhood, a key function in the formation of eating habits.”