Burnout in teachers: an Italian survey.

Over the past 50 years, education has become more complex. The demand for quality and accountability in education had also increased. These demands have increased pressure on teachers, with the result that teaching is now regarded by teachers as highly stressful.

Italian public school: a survey to estimate teachers' knowledge and perception on prevention and management of nutrition related pathologies.

Aims: This study aims to estimate the current knowledge of nursery and primary school reference teachers about nutrition related pathologies, their prevention and control.

Methods: The study was conducted during April-June 2006 sending a questionnaire to 24 School Directions of nursery and primary schools in a Northern Italian region (Friuli Venezia Giulia).

Results: Considering all the schools we obtained a global response rate of 82.