Nutrition as Medicine: Awareness Event for a Healthy Lifestyle

"Let food be thy medicine": it is a focus on nutrition issues to raise awareness among the younger generation about a correct lifestyle and a healthy diet that will take place on Tuesday, March 12 starting at 10 in the Sala del Lazzaretto of the former Hospital of Peace in via dei Tribunali in Naples. Anorexia, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder - according to data from the Ministry of Health in 2023 - have their onset in developmental age and affect the female population more, with a ratio of females to males of about 9 to 1, although the number of males is increasing especially in adolescence and pre-adolescence. This is why students and younger individuals will be guests of the event, recipients of important health messages. The event is promoted by the Museum of Health Arts and History of Medicine and is part of the activities of the Health Laboratory dedicated to the memory of Mia Filippone. "On Tuesday, another strand of laboratory and research on health will begin in the Lazzaretto, concerning well-being related to physical activity, diet, and lifestyle. These are the three major components that change behaviors especially among the younger population but not only, and will be outlined, in broad terms, with technical reports," declares Gennaro Rispoli, scientific director of the Museum of Health Arts and History of Medicine.