There is pizza (baked and even fried), mozzarella (burrata or buffalo version) and, in the sweet section, pastiera and sfogliatella (made with ricotta). Added to this, of course, is the unmissable rum baba. Neapolitan cuisine, and by extension that of Campania, is full of dishes that are as tasty as they are low in diet.
At first glance, this data could explain why this territory in southern Italy is the most affected in the country by the problem of childhood obesity, which affects 44.2% of children. In details, “6.2% of children in Campania are seriously obese, 12.6% are obese and 25.4% are overweight”, precise Friday, who devoted an investigation to this question.
The first obvious answer provided by the weekly is that this obesity epidemic is not exclusively a problem linked to the products consumed. First, because Campania is not only the homeland of pizza, but also a cradle of the “Mediterranean diet” – compos