Directed by Alexandros Merkouris • Documentary • 2023 • 26 minutes

It's lunch time at an elementary school in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the school canteen, the manager checks a list by the Ministry of Health of the daily food that must include five categories of vegetables. Roots, fresh pulses, leafy vegetables, bulbs and vegetables rich in vitamin C, in different colors. Sweden is the country in Europe most faithfully following the Mediterranean diet. Children here are 15% less likely to be overweight than in Southern Europe, while the lowest consumption of vegetables by children and young people is recorded in Greece and Italy. One of them explains: “Many people don't like broccoli. I like it a lot because it looks like a tree and when I eat it I feel like a giant!...it seems strange to me that people who live near the Mediterranean eat less vegetables and fish than those of us who live far away."