Pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein - how Italian children became so overweight
The Mediterranean diet was a blueprint for healthy living, yet Italian children are among the most overweight in Europe according to WHO.
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"Now I see those same patients when they're teenagers, as young as 16. They are getting younger, and it's frightening."
— Dr Sonja Chiappetta , Academic
"The traditional Mediterranean diet has been lost."
— Doctor Valter Longo , Academic
"I've treated children who are just two or three years old and already weigh 25kg."
— Doctor Roberto Berni Canani , Academic
Key People
A pediatrician and obesity specialist at the Federico II University in Naples.
Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California.
A doctor who has spent 15 years treating patients with severe obesity at Betania Hospital.
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The Mediterranean diet was a blueprint for healthy living, yet Italian children are among the most overweight in Europe according to WHO.
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