Jan Wijngaarden has made a comment below on the fortified rice posting. There is some evidence that eating unpolished rice decreases the risk of obesity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996977/ Changing foodways is difficult. In the long run they are going to have to change to decrease noncommunicable diseases. What causes them to change? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ Big compliments to […]

I have received the following anonymous comment from a reader. Does anyone want to respond? Jamie ++++++++++++++++++ “Correct me if I am wrong or ignorant. I wonder if the new GF concept note, National Strategic Plan for next five years include the counselling strategy for HIV services. There is no update HIV counselling SOPs or […]