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Nigeria: Food insecurity may shape diabetes, heart disease risks in young adults — Researcher

Africa Links 24 with Sikiru Obarayese
Published on 2026-09-11 06:57:00

A United States-based Nigerian nutrition scientist, Onyedika Ani, has revealed that telling people to eat healthily is insufficient when nutritious foods remain unaffordable and incompatible with their economic circumstances.

Ani, whose groundbreaking research explores the intersection of food security, race, and sex in young adults with obesity, recently completed an NIH-funded clinical trial at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

The findings from the study, first presented at the…

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