The obesity paradox in the U.S.
As reported the New York Times some time ago , is now known that the scourge of malnutrition and what is generally 
Hunger affects not only called the Third World.
In the United States is clearly visible in the poorest areas of the close relationship between increasing obesity and poor access to food.
The lack of nutrition and obesity can affect not only people living in the same environment, but also under the same roof or in fact the same person.
Today, in fact, in many countries, overweight disease and malnutrition are two sides of same coin sections of society in lower income groups are more affected by poor nutrition and consequently today the poor Americans without access to food are not as lean as you would expect , but fats.
The fresh and nutritious food is a luxury that some can not afford. Supermarkets in the Bronx only junk food abounds economic, the streets you can buy cheap food rich in calories and no nutritional value.
It is therefore not only the difficulty in access to food to increase the ranks of the increasingly hungry world, but also access to the wrong food.
Obviously the fast food is not the only motivation. Little people tend to have more jobs, to eating on the run and not having time and resources to exercise. Despite the fact that there are only bad alternatives to fill the stomach makes it virtually impossible to break the vicious circle.
That's why many organizations are moving in collaboration with schools, communities, the state itself and groups of various kinds for the creation and maintenance of urban gardens.
The aim is to obtain fruits and vegetables at affordable prices, and especially to encourage young people to participate in the process of plant growth, teaching them the basics of agriculture and nutrition education.
Children in particular, whether involved in managing the garden are particularly receptive and more likely to adopt a healthy diet.
In Italy we have not a real climate of alarm, but to feel the rumblings of a deterioramente doors of what was the lifestyle of the Mediterranean.
Fast foods and packaged foods make their mark together with a newspaper often very sedentary.
Bring your knowledge of gardening and healthy food in schools and families is cheap and makes a great deal, and urban gardens are a great activity to spend some time together.
