Unhealthy eating practices of city-dwelling Africans in deprived neighbourhoods: Evidence for policy action from Ghana and Kenya
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100452
Abstract: Growing urbanisation in Africa is accompanied by rapid changes in food environments, with potential shifts towards unhealthy food/beverage consumption, including in socio-economically disadvantaged populations. This study investigated how unhealthy food and beverages are embedded in… read more here.
Keywords: eating episodes; ghana kenya; policy; consumption ... See more keywords
Digital health and human rights of young adults in Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam: a qualitative participatory action research study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011254
Abstract: Introduction Digital health offers the potential to strengthen health systems in low- and middle-income countries. However, experts have warned about threats to human rights. Methods We used qualitative methods to investigate how young adults in… read more here.
Keywords: health; digital health; kenya vietnam; human rights ... See more keywords
Access to care and financial burden for patients with breast cancer in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.6562
Abstract: 6562 Background: Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy and the most common cause of cancer-related death in women in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria. We evaluated healthcare resource use and financial burden for patients… read more here.
Keywords: breast cancer; kenya nigeria; ghana kenya; cancer ... See more keywords
Body mass index vs deuterium dilution method for establishing childhood obesity prevalence, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia and United Republic of Tanzania
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DOI: 10.2471/blt.17.205948
Abstract: Abstract Objective To compare the World Health Organization (WHO) body mass index (BMI)-for-age definition of obesity against measured body fatness in African children. Methods In a prospective multicentre study over 2013 to 2017, we recruited… read more here.
Keywords: ghana kenya; body mass; mass index; obesity ... See more keywords