Basilicata is the Italian region in which you record the highest percentage of obese more 18 anni: the 12,7 percent of the Lucanian, in fact, have serious weight problems and, projected by the European Commission "IDEFICS" (Identification and prevention effects of dietary and lifestyle induced in young children and), If the trend of recent years will be confirmed, in 2025 Italian children are likely to be the fattest in Europe, and those Lucanian the plumpest of Italy. Within the next ten years, is written in a note, In fact, the national rate will reach a record level of 43 percent of the total population of obese Italian, or 20 million people, with a greater tendency among children between 6 and the 9 anni: diseases associated with agessive weight (type of cardiovascular and metabolic, first of all diabetes) now cost 8,3 billion annually to the National Health Service.
Source: The Journal of Southern