In order to reduce the number of fatalities caused by diseases associated with poor nutrition (100,000 annually) and the phenomenon of childhood obesity (30% of children aged 8-9 are at least overweight), it is imperative that we take swift, decisive, and sustainable action, beginning with the younger population and consulting with families and municipalities. This is why we need to promote awareness so that people make more responsible food choices and the Mediterranean diet is recognized as a nutritional (and cultural) paradigm capable of primary prevention. This can happen only by “including food education in school programs, from elementary to upper secondary schools, as a true curricular subject taught throughout the year, supporting teachers with lectures from nutritionist biologists". The Mediterranean Diet Observatory made the proposal during a roundtable discussion in Milan, emphasizing that appropriate nutrition is a key component of primary prevention. In this regard, the Mediterranean diet is a virtuous model, capable of preventing roughly 30% of cancers and lowering the risk of oncological and non-oncological diseases such as metabolic, cardiovascular, and other conditions.