{"id":10521,"date":"2024-08-01T04:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=10521"},"modified":"2024-08-01T04:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:23:23","slug":"in-an-italian-village-a-mayor-walks-off-the-wine-and-everyone-joins-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=10521","title":{"rendered":"In an Italian Village, a Mayor Walks Off the Wine and Everyone Joins In"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Luciano Fregonese, the mayor of a town in Italy known for Prosecco, started walking to counter the calories he consumed at social obligations. His jaunts have become a sensation.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

In a world that seems consumed by the trials of capitalism and the unyielding pressure to work, Robin Leach, the British television personality who died in 2018, noted one place that did it differently: In Italy, Mr. Leach said, they add work and life onto food and wine.<\/p>\n

Luciano Fregonese, the mayor of Valdobbiadene \u2014 a rural town of 10,000 people in Italy\u2019s picturesque northeast, famous for its Prosecco \u2014 has lived such truths.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, because every weekend there is one or two or three or maybe more events to attend to, and every event it is common to drink wine, or Prosecco, and also to eat,\u201d the mayor said in an interview, with the help of a translator. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to say \u2018no.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Such are the burdens of a three-term mayor in this lush region of Italy, where Mr. Fregonese \u2014 concerned about the toll the job was taking on his health \u2014 has added a new assignment to his regular mayoral duties: On Thursdays, Mr. Fregonese walks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Luciano Fregonese, center, in a white shirt, on a stroll through the town with his constituents and other walking enthusiasts.<\/span>Luciano Fregonese<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

It began as a lighthearted gag between friends, that the boisterous 47-year-old had taken his mayoral job to heart \u2014 and waistline. Mr. Fregonese, who says he has gained weight since first being elected mayor in 2014, was already becoming more concerned about his job\u2019s toll on his health before he won a third term in June.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into<\/a>\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe<\/a>\u00a0for all of The Times.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.<\/p>\n

Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luciano Fregonese, the mayor of a town in Italy known for Prosecco, started walking to counter the calories he consumed at social obligations. His jaunts have become a sensation.In a world that seems consumed by the trials of capitalism and the unyielding pressure to work, Robin Leach, the British television personality who died in 2018, noted one place that did it differently: In Italy, Mr. Leach said, they add work and life onto food and wine.Luciano Fregonese, the mayor of Valdobbiadene \u2014 a rural town of 10,000 people in Italy\u2019s picturesque northeast, famous for its Prosecco \u2014 has lived such truths.\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, because every weekend there is one or two or three or maybe more events to attend to, and every event it is common to drink wine, or Prosecco, and also to eat,\u201d the mayor said in an interview, with the help of a translator. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to say \u2018no.\u2019\u201dSuch are the burdens of a three-term mayor in this lush region of Italy, where Mr. Fregonese \u2014 concerned about the toll the job was taking on his health \u2014 has added a new assignment to his regular mayoral duties: On Thursdays, Mr. Fregonese walks.Luciano Fregonese, center, in a white shirt, on a stroll through the town with his constituents and other walking enthusiasts.Luciano FregoneseIt began as a lighthearted gag between friends, that the boisterous 47-year-old had taken his mayoral job to heart \u2014 and waistline. Mr. Fregonese, who says he has gained weight since first being elected mayor in 2014, was already becoming more concerned about his job\u2019s toll on his health before he won a third term in June.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10523,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10524,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521\/revisions\/10524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}