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Food pyramid and Mediterranean diet

Food Pyramid (human diet). The food pyramid includes: cereals and derivatives (at the base of the pyramid), Vegetables, Fresh fruit, Milk,dairy products Meat, fish, eggs, Sugar and fat (at the top of the pyramid)

In the new pyramid were kept six groups of foods, but the horizontal stripes have been replaced with six vertical ones of different colours, namely from left to right: Orange :cereals and derivatives; Green: vegetables Red : fresh fruit Yellow: oil and fats Blue: dairy products Purple: meat, fish.

The Mediterranean diet is a nutritional model inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of three European and one African countries in the Mediterranean basin: Italy, Greece, Spain and Morocco.

Fruits and vegetables are good for people’s health.

Foods considered "healthy" may be natural foods, organic foods, whole foods, and sometimes dietary supplements. Such products are sold in health food stores or in the health/organic sections of supermarkets.

The meat is a staple food to be able to lead a healthy diet. However meat contains proteins useful for our body.

Vegetables are the most important food for a good nutrition. They are rich of vitamins and minerals. They have a low content of calories.

Fish has a high nutritional value and it contains vitamins, iron and phosphorus.

Mediterranean diet is typical from Italy and a lot of countries around the Mediterranean sea.

Here’s an example of what a person can eat a day according to the mediterranean diet. Breakfast: -Fruit -Cafe or milk -Jam Lunch: -pasta or rice -meat or fish -bread -vegetables -fruit Dinner: -soft soup -vegetables -some bread -fruit

Typical Italian food &… Italian cuisine is characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having few ingredients. Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Italian cuisine has developed over the centuries. Typical Italian food are for example: pasta, pizza, variety of cheeses, cannoli, oil, tomatoes

Obesity! C AUSES OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY Childhood obesity has a multifactorial origin; Rare are the cases of obesity involved to hormonal abnormalities such as hypothyroidism or adrenal malfunction. The most of obesity events are produced by a wrong relationship with unhealthy food!!

Finally food is a way to unite all countries.