Tentativo di attuazione di un programma di educazione alimentare: parte 1.: intervento sugli alunni della Scuola Media

The authors have been studying the problems of health education and more specifically nutrition at various ages. As part of the study 500 pupils from the secondary school, Arzachena, were lectured on nutrition and how to follow a healthy diete Questionaries were used to find out their dietary habits and the following was discovered:1) fat and protein consumption was similar to that in a previous analogous investigation in Sassari, while carbohydrate in-take was higher. 2) while similar quantities of various food groups to the Sassari study were consumed, the choice varied (eg. more lamb than beef, more prepared meats, eggs, rice, honey and fruit).The pupils actively partecipated in the aim of establishing a nutritional programme carrying out research, interviews and consulting texts and periodicals. During the final debate they presented graphs and tables prepared by them.