Obesity Recognized as Chronic Disease in Italy: What the Law Provides

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Italy is the first country in Europe to recognize obesity as chronic, progressive and recurrent disease. It is the result of a historic approval to the Senate that transforms design No. 1483 into law. The new law provides for a program for the prevention and treatment of obesity, the establishment of a Ministerial Observatory for the study of disease, the obligation of training for doctors and pediatricians, and dedicated funding starting from 7…

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Obesity is now officially considered a disease in Italy. In addition to the recognition as a disease, the decision also includes free treatment and the prevention of obesity. Italy is the first country in the world to adopt a law on the recognition of obesity as a disease.The Senate in Rome has approved a law on the prevention and treatment of obesity and thus confirmed the text already adopted by the Chamber of Deputies.The law is therefore fin…

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Italy has officially recognized obesity as a "progressive and recurrent disease" with a law passed in the Senate, thus becoming "the first to recognize it" as a chronic disease, as announced by the government. "With the adoption of the bill for the prevention and treatment of obesity, Italy takes an important step forward in [...] The entry Italy becomes the first country to recognize obesity as a chronic disease was first published in Informati…

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The Senate in Rome has approved a law on the prevention and treatment of obesity, thus confirming the text already adopted by the Chamber of Deputies.The law is therefore finally adopted. Obesity is recognised for the first time as a chronic, progressive and relapse-prone disease.The law includes a national programme for the prevention and treatment of obesity, a training plan for doctors, doctors and pediatricians as well as the establishment o…

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Among its measures, it includes awareness-raising and training campaigns, as well as actions aimed at ensuring the protection of health and improving the living conditions of patients.