The meeting with the Nutrition expert (Italy)

In Italy, the meeting with the Nutrition expert, Dr. De Cristofaro competent physician of the local hospital, was held on Wednesday 22 February 2012 in theauditorium of our school (see photo). In addition to the students involved in the project Comenius, the participation has been extended to other students of the Institute to raise awareness on the issue of food, which in our region is the cause of a growing percentage of obesity.

The meeting has been postponed several times due to the closure of the schools of the province for several days because of heavy snow.

The expert started his speech on how to eat and the value that each of us gives to food.

Next, we tackled the theme of food as a "ritual" that is carried out by each of us daily, and, through different arguments, we dealt with the importance of the acquisition since adolescence of a food model to follow. We also tackled the Mediterranean system, as a value system and an approach to food, and the characteristics of this type of diet: olive oil as the main source of fat, regular consumption of cereals, pasta, bread and rice, potatoes, milk, cheese and yogurt, meat, poultry and especially fish, fruit and vegetables every day and a little wine during the main meals.

During the meeting, lots of speeches were done by our students with questions on food models, on what is right or wrong to take over the day, the style of life adopted; as a consequence it also emerged the importance of regular physical activity to let the teenagers acquire a healthier lifestyle.

At the end of the meeting several boys were open in a confrontation with the doctor, to discuss about a proper diet and the various forms of care with the goal of weight loss followed by a few of them.

In late morning, the students were back in each of their classes and afterwards some other discussions on the same topic will be held under the guidance of the various science teachers.