Diet234 welcomes Funke Oshifuye on our team of nutrition and dietetic professionals.
Funke Oshifuye, the new editor of Diet234 online magazine, is a registered dietitian and certified nutritionist with 7 years extensive working experience within both private and public sectors. She has worked as a consultant nutritionist/dietitian for Cadbury Nigeria Plc. and Kots Catering Ltd where she delved into school meals and school lunch programs. She is a clinical dietitian of high repute who has worked at Centers of Diet and Nutritional Excellence like Diet Mix Consult (Her private practice), Rainbow Specialist Medical Center, Deseret International Hospital and Randle General Hospital (where she presently practices). She was a columnist for Vanguard Newspapers Nigeria for 2 years where she wrote about food items extensively, their benefits, side effects, nutritional properties and healing properties. She has written several peer-reviewed articles on the importance of Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) for disease prevention and health maintenance.
Funke speaks Hausa, Yoruba and English with near-perfect fluency, she had received a national diploma in Food Science and Technology at Yaba College of Education, a 2nd Class Upper Division Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB), an internship training certification in Dietetics at University College Hospital, Ibadan (UCH) and a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG). The new editor is really a fire brand in the nutrition sector.
By providing a platform of easy to read, evidence based, nutritional dietary articles, Funke aims to increase the awareness of how important nutrition and appropriate dieting is for our health and well-being. With the support of Diet234’s network and viewership, Funke hopes these publications will enlighten and empower the public and media to the true facts about health, nutrition and dietary needs.
Read what she’s got to tell us all about milk here. It’s her first post as editor on Diet234. Enjoy!
