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The foundation of the brothers Pau and Marc Gasol has charged against the Community of Madrid for the children's menus of Telepizza and Rodilla that the regional government has enabled before the closure of the children's dining rooms for "the negative consequences" that can lead to the health of the children of the region. "The promotion of healthy lifestyle habits should be an essential element in reducing social inequalities, " the foundation details in a public statement.

In this situation, the Gasol Foundation has shown "enormous concern" for these menus and for the declarations of the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who defended last Thursday that it is "not a problem for a child to be given pizza."

In response to this, the Catalan brothers' foundation points out that "prolonged exposure" to this type of "unhealthy" diet will contribute "to the deterioration of health among the most vulnerable families , whose subsequent recovery will become increasingly complicated "

To support these claims, the Gasol Foundation uses the Community of Madrid study of prevalence of child malnutrition, which places obesity or overweight among children between 2 and 14 years old at 29.7%, and the PASOS 2019 study, which states that 34.9% of children between the ages of 8 and 16 are overweight or obese , and they put themselves "at the disposal" of the autonomous government to provide "healthy eating" to these minors because, they point out, obesity is "a pandemic silent "that affects the most vulnerable population

From the Community of Madrid they defend that the menus "have been supervised by the nutrition departments of the companies and not only has the calorie count been taken into account, but other aspects such as the fiber, vitamins and necessary minerals that they provide".

According to a regional government spokesman, the fact that the menus are offered by Telepizza or Rodilla sandwiches "does not mean that only pizza or sandwich menus are offered." "There are a number of options with salads, pasta, and that also includes yogurts and fruit. In addition, the menus of Vienna Chaplains also include legumes, rice, vegetables and fish," they specify from the regional government, which adds that the Menus "are different every day".

In addition, they continue from the regional government, "various requests from families have been taken into account, such as the elimination of meals made with pork as there were Muslim families or gluten-free menus made specifically for celiac students."

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