The Noakes Foundation seeks funding for three year PhD study on Eat Better South Africa Intervention Program
With the overconsumption of sugar, refined carbohydrates and poor-quality oils increasing the risk for developing chronic diseases such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, it is mostly families from poor communities are often forced to eat foods that are rich in these harmful nutrients due to a lack of nutrition education. This is […]
Celebrating Youth Day – The Importance of Proper Nutrition in Children
Nutrition and The Youth by Georgina Pujol-Busquets Guillén What’s the Youth’s Day? Youth Day in South Africa commemorates the Soweto Uprising in the country, a series of protests led by black school children that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets in […]
The Economic Aspects of Healthy Eating
What concerns the majority: the economic aspects of a healthy diet by Georgina Pujol-Busquets Guillén Eating healthy isn’t always easy, but committing to a healthy diet can be one of the smartest decisions you ever make. Why? Not only can eating well make you look and feel better, it can also save you money […]
All About Hypertension
17th of May is World Hypertension Day By Georgina Pujol-Busquets Guillén What is high blood pressure? Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated in the arteries. This means the heart has to work too hard to pump the blood through the system. Blood […]