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At a Glance
- When people eat a diet full of ultra-processed foods, they consume more calories and gain more weight than when they eat a minimally processed diet.
- The results suggest the importance of identifying and eating healthy foods.
Eating
The National Grocers Association (NGA) has written a letter to the White House urging officials to re-think its position on supplemental health benefit cards — and what kinds of grocery stores shoppers are allowed to use them at.
Right now,
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the national average cost of a healthy diet (CoHD) per adult per day stood at N982 in March 2024.
The NBS said in its CoHD report for March 2024, which was