Due to the importance it has on collective health - due to the almost disastrous nutritional impact and the possible statistical correlation with serious diseases such as certain cancers - the list of these foods, which dates back almost to the time of our grandmothers, is even taught today. in schools. This list includes:
- hamburger (sandwich) - of any kind
- fatty cuts of meat - such as bacon, burgers, low quality meatballs, chicken wings etc.
- hot dog (sandwich) - of any kind
- cooked and raw sausages - for example frankfurters
- fried foods of all kinds - especially French fries
- fizzy and / or sugary drinks - for example cola
- snacks of industrial production
- certain spirits - especially beer
- spirits - all spirits and blends containing sugar syrup
- sweet and savory snacks - for example potato chips and tortillas in bags, popcorn with added butter or oil, chocolate or toffee or peanut butter bars etc.
- calorie sweeteners - such as granular table sugar, both white and brown.
However, it must be admitted that, especially in the homeland of the Mediterranean diet, obesity is more or less constantly growing in the general population. What is perplexing is that this phenomenon seems to be expanding especially in typically Mediterranean locations; a typical example is the Campania region - where durum wheat semolina pasta and pizza were born. Recently, unlike what happened in the 90s and 2000s, the "fast-food business of" overseas is showing a progressive decrease, to the advantage of " our "fast foods - which, although traditional, delicious and tasty, are often anything but genuine - or even of" ethnic "cuisines - unknown or almost until just a decade ago.
And again, even if catering is excluded, by analyzing the community's home diet, quite evident, albeit worrying data emerge.
excessive; moreover, among the carbohydrates present, many are of the simple soluble type - therefore monosaccharides or disaccharides, such as table sugar, maltose and syrups - or have a high glycemic index
