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November 15, 2019
The Association of Nigerian Dietitians has called onmothers to prepare their own foods with necessary ingredients for theirfamilies to ensure healthy living.
The Association’s President, Elizabeth Ngwu who gavethe advice while speaking on the 2019 World Diabetes Day in Enugu, expressedworry that present day mothers no longer cook for their families rather theypreferred processed foods to natural food.
She noted that confusion created by unregulated dietaryinformation over the internet had necessitated the provision of evidence-baseddietary information by Dietitians.
In her welcome address, the Chairperson of the
Dietitian, Enugu State Chapter, Gloria Okafor said that the association hadbeen sensitizing the general public on how people with diabetics could live ahealthy life and how they could reduce the scourge.
On her part, the association’s Vice-ChairpersonJustina Olebu, said that the theme for the 2019 World Diabetes Day ‘Family andDiabetes’ showed that many families all over had one or two people living withdiabetes.