Almost one in four children in Italy living in poverty says Unicef

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 12 - Nearly one in four Italian children are living in poverty, according to a report released by Unicef on Tuesday. The report by the 'Unicef Office of Strategy and Evidence - Innocenti' said around 23% of children here live in families with an income below 60% of the national average. The study also said that 27% of Italian children and adolescents aged five to 19 are overweight. Italy's suicide-mortality rate for 15-to-19-year-olds is 2.82 per 100,000, one of the lowest ...

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