Alliance against hunger calls for food education in schools

(ANSA) - Rome, March 3 - The Italy chapter of the Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM) on Tuesday called for a nationwide programme for nutrition education in Italian schools to allow pupils and students to develop "the skills needed to make food choices that are healthy, adequate and aware".
    "We are not asking for an additional syllabus subject, but rather a national programme that is the same for every school [?] to give teachers adequate training and pupils in all schools and their families the same opportunities," said Paola Farina of the national teachers' federation, a member of AAHM. The Good School education reform bill that the government is due to present to cabinet later in the day could be an opportunity to "promote nutrition education and an awareness of waste among students", Rosa Maria Di Giorgi of the Senate Education Committee said.