Health Minister Fazio responded Feb. 23 to a parliamentary question on the implementation of measures to combat childhood obesity.
"The Ministry has set up an updated picture of overweight and obesity among children through the project" Okkio health, "conducted by the Higher Institute of Health on behalf of the Ministry. This is a project conducted with the agreement of all the Italian regions: a sample of 46,000 children in third grade in 2,600 schools, was interviewed, and found that 23.6 percent of children are overweight and 12.3 percent are obese, with the result that one third of increased weight. " This is the response of the health minister to a parliamentary question Fazio held 23 February 2011 concerning action to combat childhood obesity.
According to data reported by the Minister, would be important regional differences: in Campania is recorded 27.8 percent of overweight and 21 percent of obesity in children (range 6-11 years), while in Friuli Venezia Giulia and Val Aosta rates are lower. The main causes are to be found in the fact that children skip breakfast, eat snacks with fat and calories, do not eat enough fruits and vegetables and do little exercise, in fact, only one tenth is physical activity in an appropriate manner, they see too much television and video games and half of the children have a television in the room.
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