Introduction: Iodine is an essential nutrient required by humans for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, which are vital for normal growth and development.
Objective: The primary aim of the study was to describe the ...
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 ...
Hypertension remains a major public health problem that needs different comprehensive health strategies to deal with it. Indigenous vegetables, Blackjack in particular, have been shown to possess anti-hypertensive properties ...
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 ...
Context: A survey made worldwide (including South Africa) revealed that most teenagers are
overweight and obese and that they eat little nutritious food. Obesity and overweight are public
health problems and need to be ...
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 ...
Objectives: The study objectives were to determine demographic and environmental factors that can affect nutritional status of children receiving CSG, to assess the nutritional knowledge of caregivers, to determine the ...
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 ...
Introduction: In the year 2012, South Africa had a prevalence rate of stunting in children aged 1- 3, 4 - 6 and 7 – 9 years at 26.5%, 11.9% and 9.4%, respectively (Shisana et al. (2013). The Greater Sekhukhune District ...