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Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images A top level report to the Western Cape government paints a stark picture of the lockdown food crisis in some communities.One community reports: "Families are starving, struggling and urgently waiting for food hampers. The situation is very bad." Another says "hunger is going to dramatically increase as these funds dry up and donors…

A new Oxfam report has warned that South Africa is joining the list of global hunger epicentres. The organisation estimates that by the end of the year, 12 000 people across the globe could die each day from hunger linked to Covid-19.The report painted a grim picture of SA's rapidly rising food insecurity, flagging a spike…

It is crucial to understand your five-appetite system and how ultraprocessed foods have crashed this set-up – especially as they are so popular in lockdown Health | Leader 20 May 2020 SolStock/Getty Images IF YOU feel like your diet has completely gone to pot during lockdown, you probably aren’t alone. Stress and boredom are known…