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By Nigeria Health Watch | December 6, 2023

Trans-Fats and Health: The Hidden Danger Lurking in Your Food

Olayemi Amusile and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Vegetable and groundnut oil are familiar cooking ingredients in many Nigerian homes. While they add flavour to meals, using the wrong cooking fat, can increase the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially heart disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes trans-fats as unsaturated fatty acids of natural or […]

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Serving Freshness: How Coldhubs is Tackling Food Waste in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 6, 2023

In his shop in Relief Market in Owerri, Imo State, Sadisu Sani popularly called Zuma, is surrounded by vegetables of all shapes, sizes and colours. The middle-aged man has been in the business for over seven years and he understands how important it is to keep his wares fresh for as long as possible. A social […]

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Health Seeking Behaviours of Food Vendors Influence the Burden of Food-Borne Diseases in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 1, 2021

Nnewi (Anambra State) — The sun is dressed in her best attire on Tuesday morning, after the heavy rains at night, to welcome resilient traders and businesspersons who are about their duties despite the weather changes. Hooting horns from motorcycles are the most familiar sounds anyone will hear in Nkwo Nnewi ultramodern market, the largest vehicle spare […]

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How safe is our Food?

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 7, 2015

Today is World Health Day, and the theme for this year is “Food safety: from farm to plate, make food safe”. The World Health Organization, concerned by the toll that foodborne diseases cause to human health, adopted a resolution recognising food safety as an essential public health function in 2000. The concept of food safety […]

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