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Diet and Non-Communicable Diseases: An urgent need for new paradigms

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Diet and Non-Communicable Diseases: An urgent need for new paradigms The health of every individual both male and female in any part of the continents in this world is defined by two keys areas; diet and physical activity. Diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for the purposes of optimal health or weight management reasons. Physical activity on the other hand encompasses any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.  According to WHO, Physical inactivity (lack of physical activity) has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality (6% of deaths globally). The relationship between diet and physical activity is a closely related one. It is important to note that the energy imbalance is as a result of the that the energy intake doesn't correspond to the energy output. The emergence of Non-Communicable Diseases have bec...
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Campus Radio Boss wins PHSA award

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CAMPUS RADIO GHANA     12/03/2018  Campus Radio Boss wins PHSA award. The Public Health Students Association (PHSA) Awards ceremony, held recently at the School of Public Health of the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Hohoe on the 10th of March 2018, saw a lot of talented and deserving students as well as media groups and student unions walk home proudly with awards for various categories.  Worth-noting among the awardees is one of the finest correspondents and the head of Campus Radio Ghana,  Mr. Angmortey Kwabena Raphael , whose nomination into two of the categories didn't come as a surprise. Speaking to Campus Radio correspondent,  Mr. Foli Christian , Mr. Angmortey  revealed he has love and passion for writing and was quite proud of himself when his hard work was recognized with his nomination to the categories of  Student Writer of the Year  and  PHSA Write Competition Award,  not forget...
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DIET TV- The Health Mail Box

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DIET🍎 TV📺    The Health Mail Box Hello Everyone. Happy New Year and Welcome to Diet TV once again.  Today, I have a special Nutrition tip for you from the Health Mail Box. Now,  Let's look at some 5 major reasons you should eat Cruciferous Vegetables.    Cruciferous vegetables such as Cabbage, Cauliflower, kale, watercress,  Broccoli,  Brussels Sprout, etc are part of Brassica genus of plants and they are very beneficial to the human body.  Cruciferous vegetables serve as source of fibre hence prevent constipation  They contain Phytochemicals which offer protection to some chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disorders. They also serve as source of antioxidant which prevents the oxidation of certain nutrients and oxidative damage to the body cells hence prevents Cancer  They serve as a source of Minerals for building strong bone, teeth, healthy skin, hair, nerve functi...
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EVERY CITIZEN MUST READ

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EVERY CITIZEN MUST READ THE ABANDONED AFRICAN YOUTH: THE WANDERERS IN THE WILDNERNESS Ade-ena Akurugu Moses the Emeritus writes..✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾* All the precious and most valuable metals are found in Africa.  Africa is the repository of Diamond. Africa has the most finest and hard timber.  Africa leads in cocoa production.  We have fertile lands. We have plenteous water bodies.  We have sea shores for fishing.  We have great scholars who are easily find in Harvard University ,  Cambridge,  Oxford,  NASA and notable organizations . We have everything a man needs for optimum livelihood but why? My pupils dilated and I was disoriented when I chanced on a headline on citifmonline that "Israeli Government issued a notice that,  African migrants should leave within 90 days or face imprisonment" . My heart still beats faster and one can pulsate it outside the cubicle that I'm passing the night inside. I always know the African youth h...
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Integrity- The missing ingredient

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INTEGRITY - The missing ingredie nt Throughout life, one key quality we ought to protect or guard religiously is integrity. It is our sole responsibility to find, take back and keep our righteous mind in the hustling and bustling in this evil world. Nelson Mandela gave a simplified meaning of the word integrity. He said, " to have integrity, all we think, say and do must be the same ". In the world today, how many people can we point at that are able to harmonize what they say, think and do? People are desperate to make money without taking into consideration what it takes and the genuine means to get it. Machiavelli said that, " the end justifies the means ". But the big question is, how can you meet a legitimate need through unlawful means? Cyber fraud, stealing, pilfering etc. are typical examples of getting whatever you want through crook means. Market women create a depression in their containers and cheat their customers which is commerce without m...
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