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Ball foods constitute the majority of foods consumed by most Ghanaians. The number of balls consumed is mostly determined by one’s appetite for the day or how delicious the food tastes. A nutritionist at the Meridian Medical Centre, Fozia Baidoo, has urged Ghanaians to consume appropriate portions of carbohydrates in …

Samuel Atuahene Antwi, the Nutritionist at the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate, has called on corporate bodies, churches, and entertainment centres, among other public places, to create breastfeeding corners for the comfort of lactating mothers. He said such centres would provide privacy for the mothers to properly breastfeed their babies for …

A consultant Nutritionist, Madam Pearl Selormey has encouraged people to seek a healthy food plan and avoid overloading their bodies with certain foods that can be harmful to their organs. She added “People are losing their kidneys, people are losing their livers because they overloaded their system with too much …

A professor of public health nutrition at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Francis Zotor, has expressed worry over the poor meals given to students under the National School Feeding Programme. According to him, most of the food served to the pupils is nutritionally deficient, a situation he lamented …

Madam Ophelia Dei Adubea, a nutritionist at the Nutrition Department, Ridge Hospital, has said “waakye”, a popular Ghanaian dish, is not only nutritious but medicinal. She said the meal was ‘health-giving’ when cooked with the sorghum bicolor leaves and packaged or served in the “katemfe” leaves also known as the …