Salt intake in South Africa is beyond the 4 to 6g/day as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO); no doubt, this is due to a high-salt diet. It is well known that high-salt diets are related to hypertension, ...

Introduction: Globally, it is estimated that only 44% of infants are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life while most children are introduced to solid, semi-solid or soft foods late or earlier than recommended. ...

Introduction: Globally obesity amongst adolescents is becoming one of the most challenging public health concerns. Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescent has dramatically increased in recent years in both ...

Background: The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) aims to foster better quality education by enhancing children’s learning capacity, encouraging regular attendance and punctuality, addressing micronutrient ...

Introduction: Nutrition education is the change process whereby beliefs, attitudes, environmental influences, and understanding about food lead to nutrition practices that are scientifically sound, practical, and consistent ...

Malnutrition is a problem facing virtually every country in the world. Inappropriate feeding practices such as bottle feeding, early introduction of weaning foods, lack of variety in the diet are a known major cause of ...

In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] cultivar, as a cheaper source of vitamin A. In Southern Africa, reports have shown that one in every three ...