food

Home / food / Page 3

Plates over Pills: Alternative eating for better health

Health, News

After seeing lifestyle diseases sweep through South African society, medical doctor Tracy Mavhungu Nelwamondo is now using indigenous African grains, seeds, fruits and vegetables to treat her patients.

kimharrisberg
June 11, 2018

‘Food apartheid’ is stoking violence

Health

Hunger is driving violence and entrenching the social divides created by apartheid, as under-nourished children are unable to catch up to their peers.

kimharrisberg
April 9, 2018

What’s for breakfast Jozi?

News

Over half the population has unhealthy levels of body fat. At Johannesburg's three busiest taxi ranks, energy drinks, chips, pap and meat are the most popular morning purchases. But what influences these choices? Cost? Taste? Accessibility? Health-e News's AMY GREEN and THABO MOLELEKWA try to find answers.

Amy Green and Amy Green
February 26, 2018

Obese or not: Excess fat makes you sick

News

In South Africa, excess body weight is a massive problem, and is linked to a growing number of deaths - study.

Amy Green
June 13, 2017

Bad diet complicates obese granny’s health

Health, News, Our Health

Three meals a day of pap smothered in fish oil or butter have resulted in 61-year-old grandmother gaining so much weight that she is now bed-ridden.

Bontle Motsoeneng
February 14, 2017

Happy Christmas for a centre that faced closure

Health, News, Our Health

After a bleak Christmas last year, children at the Ha-Mashau Drop-in Centre in Limpopo are set to have a festive season after the centre received funds from the Department of Social Development in the province.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
December 22, 2016

South Africans are eating GMO foods every day

News

Most South Africans, without their knowledge or consent, are unknowingly consuming genetically modified food products every single day.

SandileNdlovu
November 17, 2016

Animal TB – a looming threat to humans say researchers

Health Systems, News

Animal TB (termed zoonotic TB) poses a greater threat to human health and the economy than previously thought, according to a report published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases last week.

Amy Green
October 7, 2016

Don’t target kids with junk food ads says UN

Health

The United Nations (UN) has called on governments of its member states to outlaw the marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to children.

Amy Green
August 12, 2016

More food, more weight gain

Health, Health Systems

The greater availability of food, rather than our sedentary lifestyles, are responsible for our expanding waistlines, says a new report.

wilmastassen
July 1, 2015

What’s in your purse dictates what’s on your plate

Health, Health Systems

The stream of media coverage about diets may suggest that the majority of South Africans are pre-occupied with the latest food fads. But what people choose to eat is more often dictated by class and their purses than clinical decisions about what is good for them, writes Thandi Puoane.

Guest Author
May 21, 2015

Many can’t afford a healthy diet

Health, News

The Heart and Stroke Foundation has urged South Africans to check their blood pressure readings and follow a healthy diet – but poverty and the high food prices put a healthy diet out of reach of many people in the country.

wilmastassen and wilmastassen
May 18, 2015

Hundreds protest for food consultations

Health, Our Health

More than 500 activists recently picketed outside the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' (DAFF) Pretoria offices to demand public consultations on government's latest policy to address hunger.

tshilidzituwani
April 20, 2015

Enable Notifications OK No thanks

Newsletter Subscription