Jess Haines, University of Guelph Helping our children to develop healthy eating, exercise and screen-time behaviours is an important public health goal globally. This is because behaviours established early in life often track into adulthood. And these behaviours have a big impact on a person’s risk for chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, many Canadian children are not establishing healthy habits early in their lives. National data suggests that 70 per cent of four- to eight-year-old children do not consume the recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables and close to 80 per cent…
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Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Zone (@ankarazone) on Mar 27, 2020 at 4:32am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Zone (@ankarazone) on…
This week, we’ve curated our favourite fashion styled looks found on Instagram from the most stylish pages. Check them below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by StyleVitae (@stylevitae) on Mar 26, 2020 at 12:54am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by StyleVitae (@stylevitae) on Mar 25, 2020 at 6:52am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by StyleVitae (@stylevitae) on Mar 24, 2020 at 9:36am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by StyleVitae (@stylevitae) on Mar 24, 2020 at 4:56am PDT…
Jason Spendelow, University of Surrey Masculinity plays an important role in dealing with problems such as depression. Men often don’t feel able to reach out for assistance because both the symptoms of depression and the act of seeking help goes against a stereotypical view of how us blokes should or shouldn’t behave. Of course, traditional masculine characteristics are not necessarily “good” or “bad”. Stereotypical male traits such as self-reliance and independence can be very valuable in life (for both men and women). But when demonstrated through unhealthy and over-used psychological practises, they can spell trouble for well-being and mark seeking…
Pride Magazine Nigeria: What inspired your passion for pancakes? The Pancake Boy: My love for pancakes actually began when my elder sister and I paid a visit to a family friend’s house where we were invited to spend some time. On that fateful day, we were served pancakes and some cool drinks. I fell in love with the taste of the handmade pancakes and insisted on learning how to make it to try it out occasionally at home. We were given the recipes and that’s how I learnt how to make pancakes and then taught my mum how to make…
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University Think back to the last time you had a checkup with a doctor. He or she might have asked you about how often you exercise, how well you sleep and whether you drink or smoke. But does your doctor ask you about sex? Asking patients about sexual matters is universally recognized as an important part of collecting a patient’s medical history. But many physicians don’t take sexual histories from their patients. And medical schools often don’t offer students a lot of instruction on how to talk about sexual matters with patients, even though it is a…
We round off a stellar cast of human recourse female leaders in the month of March with our Woman Crush this Wednesday who also doubles as our Woman of the Month. No other than your quintessential HR guru; ‘Lara Yeku. Lara is is a global HR leader, a coach, and a strategist who has had a progressive career climb. She started her career at Cadbury Nigeria Plc. Thereafter, she moved to Human Capital Development Consultants Ltd (HCDC), one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing HR Consulting firms and later joined DHL Excel Logistics as a Human Resource Officer. In 2008, Lara joined the…
Growing up, I didn’t really have a mind of my own and cared too much about what people thought about me, so, for the most part, I always followed the crowd. It wasn’t until I got into senior secondary school that I became self-aware with the help of my dad. I had just changed schools and wanted so desperately to belong. Apart from being known for producing students with exceptional grades during their IGCSEs, Greensprings School was also known to have some of the coolest kids in Lagos and I wanted to be one of them. The school yearbook was…
Françoise Ugochukwu, The Open University The Nollywood industry – which came to life in the early 1990s – is often seen as a natural heir to the Nigerian TV series which had already produced roughly 14,000 feature films in the previous decade. These video-films of the early years have now become full feature films, and an integral part of popular life in Nigeria. Local audiences appreciate these homegrown productions relating to daily life in the country. The films – about 1,000 are produced a year – offer a mix of urban scenes and village encounters. They appeal to both young…
Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco Why don’t we have drugs to treat COVID-19 and how long will it take to develop them? SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 – is completely new and attacks cells in a novel way. Every virus is different and so are the drugs used to treat them. That’s why there wasn’t a drug ready to tackle the new coronavirus that only emerged a few months ago. As a systems biologist who studies how cells are affected by viruses during infections, I’m especially interested in the second question. Finding points of…