https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed If you've banished pasta from your kitchen cupboard in the hope of squeezing into last year's Speedos or bikini before your summer holidays, you're making a terrible mistake. https://www.thelocal.it/20160705/italian-study-shows-link-between-weight-loss-and-pasta Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:40:05 +0200 italian-study-shows-link-between-weight-loss-and-pasta An Italian woman has claimed she was turned down for a job at a bakery in Latina, Lazio, because she is "too fat". https://www.thelocal.it/20150901/italian-woman-too-fat-for-bakery-job Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:57:38 +0200 italian-woman-too-fat-for-bakery-job Inter Milan president Erick Thohir was subjected to a fresh attack after an Italian columnist with the Huffington Post labelled him a "a fat little Indonesian", reports said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141029/furore-after-inter-milan-boss-called-a-fat-little-indonesian Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:27:00 +0100 furore-after-inter-milan-boss-called-a-fat-little-indonesian A diet of leftovers and snacks is fuelling obesity among Italy's pets, a report by YouGov, a UK-based market research firm has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20130705/italian-pets-are-fat Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:16:00 +0200 italian-pets-are-fat