one in ten is obese. And the consumption of the five daily portions of fruit and vegetables recommended by the guidelines for a healthy diet is not taking off. While it is true that few Italian adults in the 19-69 age group, 3%, say they do not include them in their meals, less than 1 in 2 people, 45%, consume at least 3 portions a day. Among those who do eat them, 7% consume the amount recommended by the guidelines for a healthy diet, that is, at least 5 portions. 52% stop at 1-2 a day, 38% at 3-4.
The habit of consuming the so-called 'five a industry email list day' is more common among women, among people with fewer economic problems and increases with age to stop in the over 65s, where the share of people who eat at least 3 portions a day or adhere to the five a day reached in 2023 the lowest value since 2016.
The data from the Passi and Passi d'Argento surveillance of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità published on the Epicentro website and which refer to the two-year period 2022-2023, which involves at least 80% of the Local Health Authorities with a sample of 275 people for each, take stock.
Excess weight directly proportional to age and economic difficulties. The data reported by Passi interviewees in the two-year period 2022-2023 relating to weight and height lead to an estimate that 4 out of 10 adults are overweight, 3 are overweight (with a body mass index between 25 and 29.9) and 1 is obese. Being overweight is a characteristic that is more frequent with increasing age, among men than women, among people with economic difficulties and among people with a low level of education.