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World Obesity Day: Making healthy eating choices contribute to prevention of obesity-Expert

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2020 0

A medical expert, Dr Ajayi Abass, has urged Nigerians to adopt healthy eating habits to avoid obesity. Abass gave this advice in an interview on the sidelines of this year’s World Obesity Day on Thursday in Kaduna. No handshakes, no kissing: Italy issues new anti-coronavirus advice According to

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Lack of enough sleep increases risk of stroke, heart attacks – Experts

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2019 0

Lack of enough sleep increases the risk of potentially fatal heart attacks and strokes, health experts have revealed. The experts also warned that women are at higher risk because they are more prone to insomnia. Speaking during an exclusive interview with the Daily Times, Dr. Anthony Nweke, a private medical practitioner in the Federal Capital […]

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32 FIFA 2018 World Cup finalists at risk of obesity, says report

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

…Saudi Arabia tops list As the 32 finalists are looking forward to doing well in the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, a new report has revealed that the participating countries including Nigeria are faced with obesity crisis. According to the report based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), Saudi Arabia secured […]

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How healthy lifestyle prevents diseases, reduces cost of healthcare

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2018 0

Worried about the rising cases of non communicable diseases in the country, such as heart failure,cancer,diabetes, stroke, obesity and hypertention and the high cost of managing them, health experts have urged Nigerians to embrace a healthy lifestyle. The experts who made the recommendation at a public lecture in Lagos, noted that cessasion of smoking, exercising […]

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Obesity in Woman have a higher risk of Developing Arthritis-Experts

Ihesiulo Grace 16 June 2017 0

  Apart from other complications arising out of obesity, it is also linked to a greater risk of arthritis among women. The research has been carried out by University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark and the study looked at 54,284 subjects (52% female), aged between 50 and 64 years. Obesity was defined by body mass index (BMI), […]