According to the World Health Organization, 86% of deaths, 77% of the loss of life years in good health and 75% of healthcare costs in Europe and in Italy are caused by certain diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes mellitus, etc.) that have in common modifiable risk factors such as tobacco smoking, obesity and overweight, alcohol abuse, poor consumption of fruits and vegetables, physical inactivity, excess blood fats and high blood pressure. These risk factors are responsible – alone – 60% of the loss of life years in good health. Currently in our country, about 44% of the adult population being overweight or obese. The southern regions have a higher prevalence, 28.7% higher than in the north. In Sicily, over three million people suffer from severe weight problems.
Scientific studies have shown that some foods produced in Sicily that make up the Mediterranean diet is associated with a significant reduction in overall mortality, the reduction of cardiovascular risk, neoplasms, cerebrovascular risk and that the use of these products, combined with sound principles of health education is able to fight obesity.
With the presentation of epidemiological data and scientific evidence has opened this morning at the Professional Institute of Palermo Peter’s Square, the Fed Workshop presentation of the project (training, education, diet) promoted by ‘ Department of Health of the Region of Sicily and organized by the Health Promotion Service of stessoAassessorato, directed by Dr. Salvatore Requirez. The meeting was opened by Councillor health, Dr. Lucia Borsellino.
Currently in Sicily is leading many worthwhile initiatives to promote proper nutrition. The same, however, are often overlapping due to the lack of coordination that allows you to transmit messages unique and shared by the scientific literature. This suggested the need to establish a regional control room able to plan and coordinate effectively, throughout the region, with many initiatives to promote proper nutrition from the centrality of the traditional diet of Sicily.
result of a collaboration between area health, education and agribusiness project tends to spread widely in Sicily the principles of healthy and sustainable food education.
“The goal is to train the new types of food educators in order to affect the culture and lifestyles – said dr. Salvatore Requirez – and prerogatives that have until now not frequent: to comply with the scientific evidence and those speaking the same language against different targets. Because if epidemiologists are responsible for reporting the problem, prevention associations will also be other figures of society, from the family and school that must be supported by good practices in the teaching of nutritionists, pediatricians, psychologists, etc. .. An ambitious and challenging that makes us look with responsibility towards the important goal of EXPO 2015 “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” which, focusing attention on the issue of future power generation and offers the opportunity to give force to the logic of healthy and Nutrition Education to develop an instrument to support its diffusion achieving health benefits and economic order. “
As part of the restoration, also collective (schools, hospitals, canteens, community) will promote the dissemination and consumption of healthy foods, promoting respect for the seasonality of the product, the local production, the biological and traceability in supply chains, improving the composition of foods, enhancing and protecting those traditional Sicilian food, the Born in Sicily.
In all exercises of public catering FED involved in the project and in line with its objectives will be awarded the mark “Live Healthy. Eat Sicilian. ” Mandatory requirements for the label are: food safety, nutritional value, respect for the traditions of the culture, and offer seasonal menus constant diversification.
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