• Bust the Post-Festive Season Bulge – by guest blogger Seun Fadina

    Hopefully, we all survived the festive season, the time when we make merry, eat, and drink all in the name CHRISTMAS. 
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! Santa’s fit for Christmas. He’s made major changes to the menu so...

  • Surviving Christmas

    There is no holiday quite like Christmas – time with family, Christmas carols and songs, the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree, the frenzied exchange of gifts, parties galore, and way too much food. The...

  • Taking Care of Your Child’s Teeth

        We teach our children the song “This is the way you brush your teeth, brush your teeth…” for a good reason. Do you know that you lay the foundation for healthy permanent teeth...

  • HIV/AIDS – Why is it still ravaging Africa?

    Unprotected sex is one of the more risky behaviours that anyone can have. It means having sex without using a new condom every time. It’s as dangerous as riding a motorcycle blindfold, without a helmet,...

  • Your Mouth – The Gateway To Your Body

    Like many people, do you think that brushing teeth daily and avoiding sweets is the way to maintain good dental health? There’s more to your mouth than your teeth – your gums, the jaw bone...

  • Eat your fruit and veggies

    Why do we find it hard to eat the recommended daily amounts of fruits and vegetables? In much of Africa, there is a wide variety to choose from, and they grow abundantly in just about...

  • MNCH Week 2016 – Ondo State Health Outreach

    The HealthZone television program partnered with InStrat Global Health, HSCL, Mpowering Frontline Health Workers and the Ondo State Ministry of Health to host a Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) outreach event in Ondo State....

  • Mother, Newborn, and Child Health – What Can We Do To Save Lives?

    Since 1990, maternal deaths worldwide have dropped by 45 percent, but every day in Nigeria, about 145 women die and about 1000 babies are lost. The majority, are stillborn or die within the first week...

  • Too much salt or too little. What are your taste buds saying?

      What is your usual reaction when you eat food that tastes bland? Be honest. You add a bit of salt to try to improve the taste. Maybe a bit of pepper too. In fact,...

  • How much sugar is too much?

    Some people add 4 or more cubes of sugar to a cup of tea without so much as blinking an eye. Whether you’re guilty of this or think that’s recklessness, most of us fall into...