First, energy levels drop, then the body breaks down fat and muscle. Eventually, the body’s organs begin to fail. Two nutritionists explain the science of starvation.

" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Berta Valente is a nutritionist and PhD candidate in public health at the faculty of medicine at the <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Universidade do Porto in ...

" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ola Anabtawi is a nutritionist and the former head of the nutrition and food technology department at <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An-Najah National ...

Unsupervised, unstructured, non-standardised, unsafe, and altogether substandard.” This is what was said about the care at two public hospitals in the Northern Cape last year. But is the way quality ...

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone asks why our girls are so stressed. Sign up for our newsletter today. Think of a young ...

More and more research is showing how climate change could trigger increased migration and, with it, another obstacle in managing HIV spread and treatment. But, say public health experts, there are ...

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told Bhekisisa’s TV show, Health Beat, in July, that he “would strongly consider” a ministerial advisory committee (MAC), like the one we had during the COVID pandemic ...

Decrypting the nutritional label on your favourite packaged food products might get easier sometime soon. But that doesn’t mean you’re going to like what it’s going to say.