Photos: A teacher's amazing 85kg weight loss sees her wearing bikini for the first time

A schoolteacher has been able to wear a bikini for the first time after losing 83kg and having 4.5kg of excess skin removed.

Photos of starving Nigerian children in UNICEF nutrition clinic

Images of  starving Nigerian children in Muna, a suburb on the outskirts of Maiduguri has surfaced, The United Nation's children’s agency, UNICEF runs a nutritional clinic and the pictured were taken by Stefan Heunis, a Freelance photographer based in Lagos.

World’s heaviest 10-year-old at 192kg goes on diet

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Arya Permana, a giant boy from West Java Province, Indonesia.is classified as being morbidly obese with a staggering weight of 192kg.

Nigerians have high cholesterol because they won't eat native foods- Top cardiologist

A Nigerian cardiologist based in the United Kingdom, Dr. Onyekwelu Chibuike Nzewi, has advised against the consumption of foods high in fats and cholesterol.

He said they cause blockage of the arteries that supply blood to the heart, which in turn causes heart attack and sudden death. Examples of such foods are fried foods , butter, and cooking oils among others.

Dr. Nzewi, who works at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), Belfast, United Kingdom, said most sudden deaths witnessed so far in the country, especially among lawmakers who reportedly collapsed and died, may be from heart attacks resulting from blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the heart.

Dr Nzewi

In an interview with newsmen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Dr Nzewi who is also the founder of Save a Heart Foundation, a registered charity in the UK said people who were in the habit of eating fatty foods were at risk of having blockage in the arteries and could suffer heart attack.

Can eating more unsaturated fats lower risk of death by disease?

Dietary fat has come under fire in recent years, as study results have warned about links between certain sources of dietary fat and cardiovascular disease.