OYSCOHEST NUTRITION AND DIETETIC DEPARTMENT MARKS WORLD FOOD DAY IN GRAND STYLE

 


 As 2023 World Food Day is being marked by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in the   Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology Eleyele  Ibadan , members of the Public have been called upon to drink adequate water daily for a sound health  and  physical well being .


The Provost of Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology Pharmacist Mrs Oluyemisi Oyewo made the call while  declaring open activities  and celebrations put in Place by Nutrition and Dietetics.Departmentbof the College to mark this year's World Food Day  globally annually celebrated on the 16th of October  .


The Provost who was represented by the Director of Works Engineer Ayokunmi  Ojerinde  said the theme for this year's World Food Day was relevant and concise  in view of the inevitable role of water within the body system .


The  Provost enjoined everybody to avoid starving themselves  of the required quantity of water every day .


Pharmacist Mrs Oluyemisi Oyewo  commended the Nutrition and Dietetics Department under it's Supervising H . O  D Mrs Omolara  Mobolanle Fatunmbi for organizing the event  . 


Delivering his lecture on the theme Water is Life water is Food .Leave no one behind ,the Guest Lecturer from UCH Ibadan Dietician Emmanuel Oyebamiji  stressed the need for adequate intake of water by people for a healthy living 


He noted that no digestion could come up within the body system without water and no one could survive without water .


Dietician Emmanuel Oyebamiji  gave kudos to the organizers of the lecture saying people would now be better informed and educated on the essence of water  for a sound health condition .


In their respective  remarks at the event ,the trio of Mrs Fatimah  Ogun ,Mrs Christianah  Obasuyi and a Lecturer at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Mrs Olayemi   Olugbade called on people not to underrate water advising them to drink it adequately and use it for their healthy survival .


Question s were raised by Students  on the essence of water while the Lecturer  answered those questions satisfactorily .


Hand washing procedures were demonstrated  using water and soap  in a bid to inculcate   clean  habit    .


This year's World Food Day was attended by Principal Officers of the College ,the Heads of Departments  and the College Public Relations Officer ,Mr Sola Samuel Ojewole .

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