Italian villagers band together to help their mayor lose some weight


By AGENCY
  • People
  • Wednesday, 11 Sep 2024

Fregonese (in green T-shirt) walking through the vineyards in Valdobbiadene with a group of citizens. Photo: dpa

The Italian diet is famously delicious, from cornetto for breakfast to pizza for dinner – and then there's ice cream. And the wine.

No one is more aware of that than Luciano Fregonese, the mayor of Valdobbiadene in northern Italy. He has held the post for 10 years and put on 50kg in that time.

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