The HBSC 2022 survey found that only about one third of adolescents eat fruit at least once a day.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by the primary HBSC-Italia 2022 source (epicentro.iss.it) with a precise figure (32.7%), and echoed consistently by multiple secondary publishers (Sport e Salute, SIMA, SOS Sanità, regional health authority report). All downstream sources trace back to the same single survey dataset, so corroboration is broad but not independently sourced.
Sources
- Indagine HBSC 2022: dati nazionali (epicentro.iss.it)
- https://www.medicinadelladolescenza.com/gli-adolescenti-italiani-e-il-post-covid-i-risultati-della-rilevazione-2022-del-sistema-di-sorveglianza-hbsc-italia-delliss-03915.sima (medicinadelladolescenza.com)
- https://www.sportesalute.eu/studiedatidellosport/blog-studi-e-dati-dello-sport/indagine-hbsc-health-behaviour-in-school-aged-children-2022-i-dati-nazionali.html (sportesalute.eu)
- https://www.sossanita.org/archives/19640 (sossanita.org)
- https://www.salutelazio.it/documents/10182/41624448/Report+Regionale+2023+HBSC.pdf (salutelazio.it)