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Italia la Grassa?
Posted 03-03-2009 at 07:15 PM by justindemetri
Are Italians getting fatter? Well if the stats in this news report can be trusted, maybe a little. Seriously the increases are slight, but they do trend in the wrong direction. Don't worry Italy, you got a long way to go before your streets and malls are filled with mastodons waddling to the next trattoria...
And as for the South, well watch out for what seems like a curse on your cousins, the overweight Italian-Americans: Type II diabetes. Many of us with Southern Italian genes are very succeptable to getting this malady once you get a little older and start putting on weight.
And as for the South, well watch out for what seems like a curse on your cousins, the overweight Italian-Americans: Type II diabetes. Many of us with Southern Italian genes are very succeptable to getting this malady once you get a little older and start putting on weight.
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ITALIANS `GETTING FATTER`
(ANSA) - Rome, March 3 - Italians are getting fatter and
lazier and are smoking and drinking more, according to an
annual report published by the National Observatory of Health
in Italian Regions on Tuesday.
The number of people who are overweight grew
progressively over the last three years, rising from 33.5% of
the population in 2005 to 35% in 2008, the report warned.
The rates of obesity followed a similar pattern,
affecting 10.2% of the population in 2008.
Southern Italy has been worst hit by the trend, with
Basilicata registering 40.4% of residents overweight and
Campania 39.8%.
The report slammed poor diet, and specifically an
increase in the consumption of sweets, snacks and alcohol, as
well as lack of exercise for contributing to the population`s
increased mass.
The number of Italians who said they practise sport
dropped from 20.9% of the population in 2007 to 20.5% in
2008, according to the report.
Smoking is also on the rise, it said, with the number of
men who smoke creeping up from 28.3% in 2007 to 28.8% in
2008, and the number of women from 16.2% to 17%.
Once again, the habit was more widespread in the south.
The report said the disparity between southern and
northern Italy was partly a result of regional health care
quality and prevention campaigns.
It noted major differences in health spending per capita
- from 1,581 euros in Calabria in the south to 2,200 euros in
Bolzano in the north.
The report said average regional spending had
nevertheless increased between 2006 and 2007, rising from
1,692 euros to 1,731 euros.
(ANSA) - Rome, March 3 - Italians are getting fatter and
lazier and are smoking and drinking more, according to an
annual report published by the National Observatory of Health
in Italian Regions on Tuesday.
The number of people who are overweight grew
progressively over the last three years, rising from 33.5% of
the population in 2005 to 35% in 2008, the report warned.
The rates of obesity followed a similar pattern,
affecting 10.2% of the population in 2008.
Southern Italy has been worst hit by the trend, with
Basilicata registering 40.4% of residents overweight and
Campania 39.8%.
The report slammed poor diet, and specifically an
increase in the consumption of sweets, snacks and alcohol, as
well as lack of exercise for contributing to the population`s
increased mass.
The number of Italians who said they practise sport
dropped from 20.9% of the population in 2007 to 20.5% in
2008, according to the report.
Smoking is also on the rise, it said, with the number of
men who smoke creeping up from 28.3% in 2007 to 28.8% in
2008, and the number of women from 16.2% to 17%.
Once again, the habit was more widespread in the south.
The report said the disparity between southern and
northern Italy was partly a result of regional health care
quality and prevention campaigns.
It noted major differences in health spending per capita
- from 1,581 euros in Calabria in the south to 2,200 euros in
Bolzano in the north.
The report said average regional spending had
nevertheless increased between 2006 and 2007, rising from
1,692 euros to 1,731 euros.
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It does not suprise me. Even in my country lifstyle is changing and more and more women have to get out there and work. The consequence is that our women cannot cook as they used to anymore, cannot be there for their children as they used to...and the list of terrible side effects is very long. Mothers used to be the pillar of our society (in Italy as in other countries as well) and all this is changing slowly but surely and the damages start to become very visible. Unfortunately this process is irreversible unless somebody finally decides to give women who stay home some kind of incentives and help.Posted 03-12-2009 at 02:43 AM by Ale
