The number of obese people in Molise increase

In our region (Molise), in about ten years (between 2000 and 2011) ISTAT registered an increase of obese adults among population: in 2009, for every 100 inhabitants the rate increased to 14.4%. Molise is the first place in the obesity region classification. Because of the crisis it is necessary to have best prices and this leads consumers to turn to big supermarkets  where the prices are often lower and people cannot  to resist and they buy too much and eat too. Another problem is  information. For example only one Italian on four knows that the right calory quantity per day is 2000 and only 7% of Italians knows that calory quantity deriving from fat is about a third.  Obese people think they know their problem but they commit so many mistakes when they eat. But the real 'fault' of weight increase of the Italians is  their laziness. The secret to losing weight is really 'spending energy': to reintroduce physical activity: light but steady. Not to go to the gym twice a week but to move during all the day.
 Obese people increase, habits change. Let's start with the good news: the number of Molise persons who  starts the day with an adequate breakfast has increased for ten years , a sign that the lesson seems to have  been  finally learned.                              

But the real revolution took place for the other meals of the day: people having  lunch at home decrease and those dining in the workplace greatly increase . 

Caution: not at a bar or canteen but right at the workplace. And it is easy to imagine them eating  a sandwich before a computer. So  the illusion of the three steps that every day at lunchtime were made to reach the bar or table disappears. On the other hand the fact that Molise persons- like all Italians-are sedentary is not new: in Molise almost 51% of persons is not involved in sports or physical activity and it  is one of the highest rates in Italy. And the scale continues to rise.

"It 's useless, if not counterproductive - says Giuseppe Fairies (an  Italian famous doctor studying obesity) -  to create a blacklist of a certain category of foods. There is not, in fact,  'good' or 'bad' food but only unbalanced or balanced diets. All food and beverages, in appropriate portions can be consumed as part of a healthy and active lifestyle, combining a balanced diet and a  regular physical activity.