Author: healthylife7

Nigeria’s food challenge is often discussed mainly in terms of quantity: how many tonnes of grain are harvested, how much food reaches the market and whether farmers can produce enough for a growing population. But food security is more than filling markets or stomachs. It also concerns the nutritional value, quality, affordability and reliability of the…

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Speaking more than one language fluently doesn’t just feel like it deeply changes the brain, it does actually affect the way a person processes information, how ‘agile’ the brain remains throughout life, and it might even improve its resilience following severe illness. Several studies now suggest that bilingualism or multilingualism can help keep the brain…

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India, which has a long history of addressing the challenges of undernutrition, has to pivot to attack the curious phenomenon of overnutrition that evolving lifestyles have now laid at its door. The recent National Family Health Survey data showed that in India, while stunting and undernutrition continue to be cause for concern, despite some gains,…

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