By Reginald Onabu
The journey of life runs from childbirth to senescence. One activity that remains constant throughout this journey is daily nutrition. The foods we consume daily constitute our daily diets, which is connected to our health and wellbeing.
We must certainly eat and nourish ourselves regularly for our nutrition, growth and development. Nutrition involves more than simply eating a “good” diet; it is about nourishment on every level. This includes eating balanced, quality food, drinking clean water and eating natural fruits with nutritious value.
An aspect of nutrition that has been neglected, especially in Nigeria, is protein nutrition. Protein nutrition is the formation of a diet that has a larger protein percentage per calorie than carbohydrates, lipids, and fat.
Children: COVID-19 escalates hunger, malnutrition
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By Chioma Obinna
The World Health Organisation, WHO, and the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF, have continued to express concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 on hunger, which is likely to escalate the burden of malnutrition among children, particularly in Nigeria.
They also note that the impact of the disease is expected to be more among those grappling with malnutrition, whereas widespread hunger and malnutrition will likely increase because of movement restrictions.
Today, COVID-19 is surging in Nigeria, thus threatening livelihoods and household economies. Like crisis-amidst-crisis, Boko Haram insurgency and killer herdsmen activities across communities continue to scare farmers from the farms in a way that adds to the challenge.
Experts advocate protein-centred nutrition policy
Dayo Ojerinde
Nutrition experts have stressed the urgent need for a protein-centred nutrition policy, saying such a policy would guarantee and produce sound leaders that the country would be proud of.
The experts said this during a webinar tagged, ‘Nigeria Protein Awareness Campaign,’ a protein pull media campaign supported by the United States Soybean Export Council and other partners to create awareness about the prevalence, status and impact of protein deficiency in Nigeria.
Public Health Expert and National Chairperson Women in Global Health, Nigeria, Dr. Adepeju Adeniran, noted that there was the need for a concerted effort towards ensuring that the entire population enjoys a measure of good health.