5 simple tips to limit your ‘holiday indulgence’

5 simple tips to limit your ‘holiday indulgence’

Don’t use this festive season to postpone your healthy choices.   With the festive season coming our way, coupled with the stressors from 2020, most people would likely use the holidays as an excuse to postpone their healthy choices, giving up on their current...
Healthier meals at home

Healthier meals at home

This is the third thrust in HPB’s Food Strategy where it partners with supermarket outlets.   The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has kicked off the third thrust of its three-pronged Food Strategy, an initiative that was announced a year ago, which focuses on...
Difficulty in swallowing

Difficulty in swallowing

Q. My mother has a condition called dysphagia. Can you explain what that it?   Dysphagia refers to the difficulty in swallowing. There are many different causes of dysphagia. Essentially, they occur when there is a blockage in our swallowing passage (mainly in...