Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Italy

NLiS Country Profile: Italy

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 7.0
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 36.8

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 13.3
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 17.1
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 24.6
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 17.3
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%)   no data
Median urinary iodine concentration in children 6-12 years (μg/L)   no data
Subclinical vitamin A deficiency in preschool-age children (serum/plasma retinol <0.70 μmol/L) (%)   no data

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2013 99.9
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 100.0
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 99.5
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 85.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%)   no data
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%)   no data
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2016 5.7
Mothers of children 0-23 months receiving counselling, support or messages on optimal breastfeeding at least once in the last year (%)   no data

Food Security

Indicator Year Value
Households consuming adequately iodized salt (15 parts per million or more) (%)   no data
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2015 2.0

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%)   no data
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%)   no data
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%)   no data
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%)   no data
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 13.7
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 9.2
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 3238.9
Nutrition component of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)   no data
Nutrition component of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)   no data
Nutrition Governance score   no data
Maternity leave 2013 22 weeks
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Few provisions in law

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition is part of medical curricula   no data
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population)   no data
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2014 6.5
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 41,630
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%) 2018 1.0
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI)   no data
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 0.5
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.087
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2017 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.9
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 35.7

Female Education Levels

Female education levels: no data available for this country

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

Policies & Actions in the Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA)

Policy title Start Year
Piano Nazionale della Prevenzione 2014-2018 2014
Guadagnare salute (Gaining health) 2007
Piano Nazionale della Prevenzione 2005-2007: linee operative per la painificazione regionale 2005
Strategia di Intervento per la Prevenzione dell' Obesita [Intervention strategies for the prevention of obesity] 2005
*Decree Law No. 151 of 26 March 2001 as modified up to Decree Law No.115 of April 2003. Unified Text of legislative texts on protection and support to maternity and paternity, according to the discipline of the Section 15 of Law No. 53 of 8 March 2000 (De 2003
National Health Plan 2003
DECRETO 1 giugno 1998, n.518 Regolamento recante norme di attuazione della direttiva 96/4/CEE della Commissione del 26 febbraio 1996, che modifica la direttiva 91/321/CEE sugli alimenti per lattanti e gli alimenti di proseguimento 1999
Progamme title and actions Start Year
Linee guida per una sana alimentazione italiana. Revisione 2003 [Guidelines for healthy Italian food habits, 2003 ] - Food-based dietary guidelines 2003
GNPR 2009-2010: Obesity and diet-related NCDs - Food-based dietary guidelines  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6) - Growth monitoring and promotion  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q7) - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q8) - Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q12b) - Nutrient-based dietary guidelines  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q21) - Nutrition education and counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) - School feeding programmes  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) - School fruit and vegetable scheme  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) - School milk scheme  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) - Standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools