Rome, 21 Feb. (Adnkronos Health) () – In Italy “bad malnutrition and bad eating habits cost more than 50 billion a year, we are talking about diabetes mellitus, malnutrition and obesity”. So Antonino De Lorenzo, Professor of Food and Human Nutrition at the Tor Vergata University of Rome, today in Rome in his speech at the opening of the National Conference on Nutrition at the Ministry of Health. While on the famous and much envied Mediterranean diet, “there is its erosion: less than 20% of Italians follow it, we are increasingly dominated by hyperpalatable foods”, remarks the specialist.While we should “focus on consumer training with respect to the offer of food, the quality of food in canteens and territories, and then also the training of young people”, suggests De Lorenzo.
“Today we have to deal with the universal and sustainable health system, but there has never been great attention to the role of lifestyles and nutrition in the sense of real savings for the National Health Service – highlights the expert – While tangible and immediate results can be seen, an example is the diabetes reversal plan put in place in the United Kingdom working on effective weight loss with a plan and the results are enormous. In less than three months the full-blown diabetes has undergone a reversal, this must be the target for chronic-degenerative diseases. Today we have the personalization of care that makes interventions even more effective than drugs”.
But with what resources? “Unfortunately we travel with a definancing of the NHS, we should have 10% of GDP invested in health to make the system work better – observes De Lorenzo – We could go well with a 1.4% of GDP invested and this would lead to having a resilient system. A percentage divided as follows: 0.7 staff, 0.4 technologies and 0.3 to prevention and nutrition. This last point could lead to truly effective results, given that the current investment required by law, 5% of resources in prevention, has never been fully spent and used “.
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