The ideas underlying this initiative are absolutely elementary. Firstly, through a targeted educational project, to contribute to the long-term prevention of chronic pathologies which have common risk factors such as incorrect diet, lack of physical activity, abuse of alcohol, smoking. Recent data from the World Health Organisation show that 86% of deaths and 75% of health costs in Italy, as it is in Europe, are caused by chronic pathologies which are the result of incorrect life styles. Secondly, to target this educational activity at primary school children, because the fundamental elements of education are established at an early age, and because life styles are primarily determined in childhood and adolescence. Thirdly, to introduce the children to a teaching method based on two principles: an inductive approach and the active participation in the learning process, a method that is considered to favour the re-elaboration of acquired knowledge in a structured and long-lasting form. Assembling such a project involved a well-experienced and enthusiastic team of experts covering a wide variety of disciplines, as well as the collaboration of primary school teachers equally enthusiastic and willing to collaborate in the project. Most incredibly, this improbable mix was put together and I am deeply grateful to the experts of the Gruppo Sciesa and the teachers of the Istituto Comprensivo Luigi Settembrini in Rome. The most heartfelt thanks also go to the Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore for financially supporting this initiative.