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How to prevent muscle pulls
• Try not to sit in one position
for too long. Take frequent
breaks to move and change position.
Use a chair that provides
good support for your lower
back or use a pillow for support.
Try to keep your knees level with
your hips.
• Maintain good posture
when standing and sitting. If you
spend a long time in one position,
try to alternate putting one
foot and then the other on a low
footstool. This can help decrease
stress on your back muscles.
• Lift objects carefully. Keep
your back straight, bend at the
knees, and always lift with your
legs. Hold the weight close to
your body. Don’t lift and twist at
the same time.
• Take precautions to prevent
falls, such as holding handrails on
stairways, avoiding slippery surfaces,
and keeping your floors
uncluttered.
• Lose excess weight.
• Wear shoes that fit properly.
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Blame GHS for obesity in Ghana–Dr Aryeetey
BY ABIGAIL ASARE
ASENIOR Lecturer
at the University
Of Ghana, School
of Public Health,
Dr Richmond N.O.
Aryeetey has
blamed the Ghana Health Service
(GHS) for lack of education on
healthy foods contributing to obesity
in the country.
According to Dr Aryeetey, in
this era of influx of advertisement
on canned foods and alcohol beverages,
GHS must streamline their
services to the communities.
Speaking to the DAILY
HERITAGE at a photo exhibition
on ‘Dietary Transitions in
Ghanaian Cities Project’ in James
Town, Accra, last Tuesday June26,
he said, “People need to be aware
of what is healthy food, and somebody
needs to tell them. If you are
looking out for that information,
ask a question on who should be
providing that information.”
“Why doesn’t GHS put out on
their website information about
what is healthy food and what is
• Team of researchers at the event (inset) Dr Richmond N.O.
Aryeetey, Senior Lecturer University of Ghana, School of Public
Health
unhealthy food. That is their job. It
is not any other institutions job,”
he angrily said.
Dr Aryeetey advised individuals
to be mindful of what they purchase
for consumption, “they also
need to look out for that information
by reading or inquire more
about such products.”
AMA to register Borla taxies in July
However, the
Senior Lecturer,
pleaded with Food
and Drugs Authority
and the Ministry
of Food and Agriculture
to assist, regulate
and deliver good services
immensely to individuals to
eradicate obesity
that is at high rise
in the country.
“Advertisement
drives what
people eat, usually
what they show
are the ones more
likely to lead you
to overweight or
obesity,” he said.
Reports on
obesity has
shown
that the world has identified overweight
and obesity as a major risk
factor linked to diabetes (type 2),
hypertension, sleep disorders, gall
bladder diseases and stroke.
Statistically, 53% of Ghanaian
adults are either overweight or
obese, a joint study conducted by
two universities, Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology
(KNUST) and the University
of Western Cape in South Africa,
has concluded.
It said women were found to
have the highest prevalence rate
and the condition was also common
among school-age children.
According to the findings, the
situation in the urban areas was
twice that of the rural communities.
The event was spearheaded
by an international team of researchers,
led by the University
Sheffieds in collaboration with
the University of Ghana, University
of Health and Allied Sciences,
Ghana, Loughborough
University, University of Liverpool
and the French Agriculture Research
and International Cooperative
Organisation.
HEALTH&ENVIRONMENT DESK
THE ACCRA Metropolitan Assembly
(AMA) has served notice
for registration of all Borla Taxi
operating as Private Tricycle Waste
Collectors in the capital city in
other to bring sanity into their activities.
According to the AMA, the
registration of all the Borla Taxi
popularly known as ‘Aboboyaa,’
will begin on Wednesday July 4 to
Tuesday July 31, 2018 excluding
Sundays.
The registration will be done at
various dump sites, waste transfer
stations, AMA Waste Management
Department at Kaneshie and other
designated locations in the city.
A statement issued by Mr
Gilbert Nii Ankrah, Head of Public
Affairs on behalf of the Metro
Chief Executive said “the AMA
wishes to inform the general public,
especially ‘Borla Taxi’ or
'Aboboyaa' operators that the purpose
of the registration exercise is
to identify all the service providers
in the waste management value
chain, coordinate, monitor and
control their activities in pursuit of
the ‘Clean Accra Project.”
This is also to aid in further engagement
with the operators to
enhance their capacity in health
and safety, environmental management
and business development.
The registration is free and
•A private tricycle waste collector at work
mandatory and any tricycle operating
within the AMA's jurisdiction
from August 2018 without the
AMA embossment will be arrested
and prosecuted.
“We assure the
general public that
adequate steps are
being taken to
achieve the clean
Accra goal and that
AMA will not hesitate
to prosecute
people whose actions
draw us back
in accordance with
the law.”
The AMA
wishes to call on all
adjoining municipalities
and district
assemblies to register
'Borla Taxi' operators
within their
areas to support
the realization of the project goals.