With over 820 million people struggling with hunger and famine, the world must also face up to a new, paradoxically opposite nutritional challenge: the epidemic of obesity. The world has over 2 billion overweight and obese adults. Find out more about healthy eating, the role of the Mediterranean diet for a healthy world, and find out how to address these issues with your students. Bilingual materials are available in Italian and English.
Using these teaching materials, you can find out more about the topic of nutrition, the risks associated with improper nutrition and the role of the Mediterranean diet in keeping the planet and its inhabitants healthy. The materials also include recommendations for exercises, divided by school year, to internalize and rework the content with your students.
The aim of this video lesson is to analyze the theme of healthy food and the fight against malnutrition in all its forms. It also deals with the Mediterranean diet and its strategic role in ensuring optimal nutrition for people and in keeping our planet healthy.
This video was made in 2019. See the monograph for the latest data.
The Double Pyramid model is based on the Mediterranean diet. This tool easily helps understanding that the foods recommended for our health are also those with a lower environmental impact.